Zip

Zip, Zips or ZIP may refer to:

Zipper or zip, a device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric together
ZIP Code, the USPS Zone Improvement Plan used in postal addresses in the United States

Computing

ZIP (file format), a data compression and archival file format
zip, a command-line program from Info-ZIP
Zip drive, a removable data storage format by Iomega
Zone Information Protocol, implementation of an OSI model layer
Convolution (computer science), also called "zip", an operation which converts a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples

Zip, a recurring character in the Tomb Raider video game series
Zip (TUGS), a character in the children's television series TUGS
Zip (game), a children's or party game
Zip (roller coaster), a roller coaster which operated at Oaks Amusement Park
Zip, in the children's or party card game Zip and bong
Zip, the vertical line in works by artist Barnett Newman
Zip (band), a band formed by Pete Shelley
ZIP Magazine, a weekly men's magazine published in the United Kingdom
Zip Comics, an American anthology comic book series published from 1940 to 1944

Bohdan Zip (1929–2017), Canadian former politician
John Edgar Zip Collins (1892–1983), American Major League Baseball player
Tom Prichard (born 1959), professional wrestler
John Connolly (FBI) (born 1940), former FBI agent convicted of second-degree murder and other crimes
Elzaphan McConnell, Zip Hanna (1916–2001), American National Football League player
George Washington, Zip Zabel (1891–1970), American Major League Baseball player
Zip the Pinhead (born William Johnson, 1842?–1926), circus freak show performer

Zero, in slang
Zips, a derogatory slang term for Italian-American or Sicilian-American mobsters
Akron Zips, the University of Akron athletic teams
Zig-zag in-line package, a type of electronic packaging
Zip Feed Tower, a grain elevator and feed mill in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; demolished in 2005
Zip-Zeta Inhibitory Peptide, inhibitor of PKM-zeta. Prevents Long-Term Potentiation
Zrt- and Irt-like proteins, a family of zinc transporters

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