Zip
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Zip or ZIP most commonly refers to:
Zip, Zips or ZIP may also refer to:
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In other uses:
- ZipperZipperA zipper is a commonly used device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric...
or zip, a device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric together - ZIP codeZIP CodeZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
, the USPS Zone Improvement Plan used in postal addresses in the USA - Zip driveZip driveThe Zip drive is a medium-capacity removable disk storage system that was introduced by Iomega in late 1994. Originally, Zip disks launched with capacities of 100 MB, but later versions increased this to first 250 MB and then 750 MB....
, a removable data storage format - ZIP (file format)ZIP (file format)Zip is a file format used for data compression and archiving. A zip file contains one or more files that have been compressed, to reduce file size, or stored as is...
, a popular data compression and archival format - zip, a GNU/Linux terminal program from Info-ZIPInfo-ZIPInfo-ZIP is a set of open-source software to handle ZIP archives. It has been in circulation since 1989. It consists of 4 separately-installable packages: the Zip and UnZip command-line utilities; and WiZ and MacZip, which are graphical user interfaces for archiving programs in Microsoft Windows...
- Zip IndustriesZip IndustriesZip Industries is an Australian manufacturer and distributor of industry-leading potable boiling and chilled filtered water delivery products - or instant hot water dispensers including the ....
makers of instant hot water dispensers, made in AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, used worldwide. - Zip (net-staff) to outsource it; turn it over to be completed; be relieved of it as your virtual assistant will handle it.
Zip, Zips or ZIP may also refer to:
In places:
- ŽípŽípŽíp is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.-External links:*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html...
, a village in Slovakia - Zip City, AlabamaZip City, AlabamaZip City is a small unincorporated community in Lauderdale County in the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, at the interchange of Alabama Highways 8 and 17. Zip City falls within the U.S. Central Time Zone...
, USA
In arts and media:
- Zip, the DodgerZip, the DodgerZip, the Dodger is a 1914 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle....
, a 1914 film - Zip (TUGS), a character in the children's television series TUGS
- Mr. ZIPMr. ZIPMr. ZIP, informally "Zippy", is a cartoon character used in the 1960s by the United States Post Office Department, and in the 1970s by its successor, the United States Postal Service, to encourage the general public to include the ZIP code in all mailings....
, a promotional character for ZIP codes - Zip the PinheadZip the PinheadZip the Pinhead, born William Henry Johnson , was an American freak show performer famous for his oddly tapered head.- Early life :...
or William Johnson (1842? - 1926), circus freak show performer - Zip or Tom PrichardTom PrichardThomas Prichard is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, working in their developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling as a trainer using his ring name Tom Prichard...
(born 1959), professional wrestler - Zip, the vertical line in works by artist Barnett NewmanBarnett NewmanBarnett Newman was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the color field painters.-Early life:...
In other uses:
- ZipsZipsZips is a slang term often used as a derogatory slur by Italian American and Sicilian American mobsters in reference to newer immigrant Sicilian and Italian mafiosi...
, slang term for Sicilian or Italian immigrants to USA - Akron ZipsAkron ZipsOne of the unique nicknames in all of intercollegiate athletics belongs to The University of Akron. Originally Zippers, athletic director Kenneth Cochrane officially shortened the nickname to the Zips in 1950. Twenty-five years earlier a campus-wide contest had been conducted to choose a nickname...
, the University of Akron athletic team - Zip (airline)Zip (airline)Zip was a Canadian discount airline headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, launched by Air Canada as a no-frills subsidiary in September 2002. It operated a fleet of 12 Boeing 737 aircraft, each painted in a bright, neon colour with a single class of service...
, a defunct Canadian discount airline - Zip (game), children's or party game
- Zip.caZip.caZip.ca is an online DVD rental company operating in Canada. It has a database of over 82,000 unique titles.Zip.ca is a member of the privately held group of companies, and was owner of the Ottawa Rapidz baseball team until its first-season bankruptcy....
, a Canadian online DVD rental service - Zig-zag in-line packageZig-zag in-line packageThe zig-zag in-line package or ZIP was a short-lived packaging technology for integrated circuits, particularly dynamic RAM chips. It was intended as a replacement for dual in-line packaging . A ZIP is an integrated circuit encapsulated in a slab of plastic, measuring about 3 mm x 30 mm...
, a type of electronic packaging - Zone Information Protocol, implementation of an OSI model layer
- zip, another name for the convolutionConvolution (computer science)In computer science, specifically formal languages, convolution is a function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.- Example :The convolution of and, fish, be is...
operation in formal languageFormal languageA formal language is a set of words—that is, finite strings of letters, symbols, or tokens that are defined in the language. The set from which these letters are taken is the alphabet over which the language is defined. A formal language is often defined by means of a formal grammar...
theory
People with the name
- Bohdan ZipBohdan ZipBohdan "Bud" Zip is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1986.-Early life:...
(born 1929), Canadian Politician - Zip HannaZip HannaElzaphan McConnell Hanna was an American football guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of South Carolina....
(1916–2001), American footballer - Zip ZabelZip ZabelGeorge Washington Zabel was a Major League relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.Zabel attended Baker University, in Baldwin City, Kansas....
(1891–1970), American baseball player
See also
- ZIP BeepZIP BeepZIP Beep was a humor magazine created by J Charles Strinz. It was published monthly from September 1984 to 1989 and was syndicated to over 150 Bulletin Board Systems around the world through BBS Press Service, making it the first ever online humor magazine, and one of the first online magazines...
, online humour magazine published 1984-89 - ZIP Skład, Polish hip-hop collective
- Zip and bongZip and bongZip and bong is a car or party group-dynamic game which requires little skill and no accessories...
, children's or party game - Zip bombZip bombA zip bomb, also known as a Zip of Death or decompression bomb, is a malicious archive file designed to crash or render useless the program or system reading it...
, a malicious computer file - Zip card, an electronic ticket for use on London Transport
- Zip-cordZip-cordZip-cord refers to 2 or more electrical conductors held together by an insulating jacket that can be easily separated simply by pulling apart. The term is also used with optical fiber cables consisting of 2 optical fibers joined in a similar manner...
, cable for optical communications - Zip cubeZip cubeZip firelighters are packaged small blocks of solid fuel containing kerosene, sold as a firelighter in Ireland, Canada and the United States, also in the UK, France & Belgium where they are ....
, firelighters - Zip Feed TowerZip Feed TowerThe Zip Feed Tower was a grain elevator and feed mill in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. At 202 feet it was the tallest occupiable structure in South Dakota from its construction in 1956-1957 until its demolition in December 2005...
, structure in South Dakota, USA, demolished 2005 - Zip fuelZip fuelZip fuel, also known as high energy fuel , is any member of a family of jet fuels containing additives in the form of hydro-boron compounds, or boranes. Zip fuels offered higher power density than conventional fuels, helping extend the range of jet aircraft, a major problem for the military...
, also called High Energy Fuel - Zip gun, a makeshift firearm
- Zip-lineZip-lineA zip-line consists of a pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline...
, a pulley and cable method of descending an incline - Zip tieCable tieA cable tie, also known as a zip tie or tie-wrap , is a type of fastener, especially for binding several electronic cables or wires together and to organize cables and wires.-Design and use:...
, a cable fastener - Zip toneZip toneIn telephony, a zip tone is a tone an automatic call distribution system makes to alert an agent in a call center environment that he or she is about to be connected to a customer. CIC by Interactive Intelligence calls it a whisper tone...
, in telephony - Zip's Drive InZip's Drive InZip's Drive-in is a Pacific Northwest-based American fast food restaurant chain founded in Kennewick, Washington in 1953. The chain, whose franchises are locally owned and operated, is named after Robert "Zip" Zuber, the chain's founder....
, American fast-food chain founded 1953 by Robert "Zip" Zuber - Zipp (disambiguation)Zipp (disambiguation)Zipp is a bicycle parts manufacturer.Zipp or Zipp may also refer to:*Robbie Zipp , American soccer player*Thomas Zipp , German artist*Bettina Zipp , former German sprinter...
- Zipper (disambiguation)Zipper (disambiguation)A zipper is a device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric together.Zipper may also refer to:In transportation:*Zenair Zipper, an ultralight aircraft*Zoe Zipper, a microcar sold by Zoe Motors in the early 1980s...
- Zippy (disambiguation)
- ZIPIZIPIZeta Instrument Processor Interface was a research project initiated by Zeta Instruments and UC Berkeley's CNMAT...