Zip, Zips or ZIP may refer to:

Common uses

* ZIP Code, USPS postal code * Zipper or zip, clothing fastener

Science and technology

Computing

* ZIP (file format), a compressed archive file format ** zip, a command-line program from

Info-ZIP Info-ZIP is a set of open-source software to handle ZIP (file format), 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, whic ...

Zipping (computer science) In computer science, zipping is a function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples. This name zip derives from the action of a zipper in that it interleaves two formerly disjoint sequences. The inverse function is ''unzip''. E ...

, or zip, reorganizing lists of lists * Zip drive, a removable disk storage system *

Zone Information Protocol AppleTalk is a discontinued proprietary suite of networking protocols developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh computers. AppleTalk includes a number of features that allow local area networks to be connected with no prior setup or the ...

, AppleTalk protocol *

Zip Chip Apple II accelerators are computer hardware devices which enable an Apple II computer to operate faster than their intended clock rate. 8-bit accelerators Number Nine Apple Booster – ''Number Nine Computer Corporation (Number Nine Visual ...

, Apple II accelerators by Zip Technologies

Other science and technology

* Zip tone, in telephony *

Zig-zag in-line package The zig-zag in-line package (ZIP) is a packaging technology for integrated circuits. It was intended as a replacement for dual in-line packaging (DIL or DIP). A ZIP is an integrated circuit encapsulated in a slab of plastic with 16, 20, 28 or 40 ...

, electronic packaging * Zip fuel, a type of jet fuel *

Zip tie A cable tie (also known as a hose tie, zip tie, or tie wrap) is a type of fastener for holding items together, primarily electrical cables and wires. Because of their low cost, ease of use, and binding strength, cable ties are ubiquitous, findi ...

, a cable fastener * Zrt- and Irt-like proteins, or Zips,

zinc transporter Zinc transporter proteins (Zrt), or simply zinc transporters, are membrane transport proteins of the solute carrier family which control the membrane transport of zinc and regulate its intracellular and cytoplasmic concentrations. They include two ...

Arts, entertainment and media

* Zip (game), a children's game *

Zip (roller coaster) Zip or Zipp was a steel-framed wooden roller coaster which operated at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon. The coaster was a more compact variant of the Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters which were built by Harry Traver of the Traver Engineering ...

, at Oaks Amusement Park, Oregon, US * Zip, a band formed by Pete Shelley * '' Zip Comics'', 1940-1944 * ZIP FM, a radio station, Vilnius, Lithuania * ''

ZIP Magazine ''Zip'' was a weekly men's magazine published in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 1 March 2013 as a sister title to '' Loaded'' and was published by Blue Publishing for nine issues before being sold to OOHYEAH Publishing. It relaunched in ...

'', UK * Zip, a character in the ''Tomb Raider'' video games * Zip, a vertical line in

Barnett Newman Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American artist. He has been critically regarded as one of the major figures of abstract expressionism, and one of the foremost color field painters. His paintings explore the sense o ...

's paintings

Film and television

* Zip (''TUGS''), a character in the British children's television series ''TUGS'' * title character of '' Zip, the Dodger'', a 1914 film starring Fatty Arbuckle * ZIP, a fictional amnestic drug in the ''Blindspot'' TV series

Brands, enterprises and products

* Zip (airline), a former Canadian airline * Mr. ZIP, a promotional character * Piaggio Zip, a scooter * Zip Co, an Australian fintech company * Zip Industries, an Australian manufacturer of hot water dispensers * Zip's Drive-in, an American restaurant chain * Zip.ca, a Canadian DVD rental service * Zip card, for travel in London, UK * Zip cube, firelighters

Places

Žíp Žíp ( hu, Zsip) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked ...

, a village in Slovakia * Spiš or Zips, Slovakia *

Zip City, Alabama Zip City is a small unincorporated community in Lauderdale County in the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, at the intersection of Alabama Highway 17 and County Road 8. Zip City falls within the U.S. Central Time Zone. It is part of th ...

, US

People

Zip Collins John Edgar Collins (May 4, 1892 – December 19, 1983) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. Biography He was born on May 4, 1892 in Brooklyn, New York. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the and seasons, the Boston Braves ...

(1892–1983), American baseball player *

John Connolly (FBI) John Joseph Connolly Jr. (born August 1, 1940) is an American former FBI agent who was convicted of racketeering, obstruction of justice, and murder charges stemming from his relationship with James "Whitey" Bulger, Steve Flemmi, and the Winte ...

(born 1940), nicknamed "Zip" *

Zip Hanna Elzaphan McConnell "Zip" Hanna (December 1, 1916 – January 18, 2001) was an American football guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, wearing jersey #39. Hanna attended Chester High School in Chester, South Caroli ...

(1916–2001), American football player *

Zip Zabel George Washington "Zip" Zabel (February 18, 1891, Wetmore, Kansas—May 31, 1970, Beloit, Wisconsin) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball in 1913-15 for the Chicago Cubs. Zabel ...

(1891–1970), American baseball player *

Bohdan Zip Bohdan "Bud" Zip (March 5, 1929 – April 19, 2017) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1986. Early life Bohdan Zip was born in 1929 in the community of Yellow Cr ...

(1929–2017), Canadian politician *

Zip the Pinhead William Henry Johnson ( – April 9, 1926), known as Zip the Pinhead, was an American freak show performer known for his tapered head. Early life William Henry Johnson was born one of six children to a very poor African-American family. ...

, American freak show performer William Henry Johnson (c. 1857–1926) * a ring name of Tom Prichard (born 1959), American retired professional wrestler

Other uses

* Zip, slang for zero * Zips, a derogatory term used by Italian-American mobsters for newer immigrant Sicilian and Italian mafiosi * Akron Zips, the University of Akron athletic teams *

Zip Feed Tower The Zip Feed Tower was a grain elevator and feed mill in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. At it was the tallest occupiable structure in South Dakota from its construction in 1956–57 until its demolition in December 2005. The mill closed in 2000 and i ...

, a former grain elevator in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US