ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS)

since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, was chosen to suggest that
the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly (zipping along), when senders use
the code in the postal address.

zip code
or ZIP code, Zip code
noun
1.
a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the deliveryof mail, consisting of
a five- or nine-digit codeprinted directly after the address, the first five
digits (initial code) indicating the state and postoffice or postal zone,
the last four (expandedcode) the box section or number, portion of a
rural route, building, or other specific deliverylocation.

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ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since
1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan,[1] was chosen to suggest that
the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly (zipping along), when senders use the
code in the postal address. The basic format consists of five numerical digits. An
extended ZIP+4 code, introduced in 1983, includes the five digits of the ZIP Code, a hyphen, and
four additional digits that determine a more specific location within a given ZIP Code.
The term ZIP Code was originally registered as a servicemark (a type of trademark) by the U.S.
Postal Service, but its registration has since expired.[2] USPS style for ZIP is all caps and the "c" in
code is also capitalized, although style sheets for some publications use sentence case or
lowercase.

robert Aurand Moon (April 15, 1917, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA April 11,
2001, Leesburg, Florida, USA), sometimes called "Mr. ZIP", is considered the father of
the ZIP Code or Zone Improvement Plan, a mechanism to route mail in the United
States. He developed the idea in the 1940s while working as a postal
inspector in Philadelphia, although his system used only the first three digits of what
became a five-digit, and later a nine-digit, system. The first Directory of Post
Offices using five-digit ZIP code numbers was published in 1963.

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