Zip Explained

Zip may refer to:

• a zipper, zip being the more common word in the English language for the fastening device outside of North America stick
• ZIP (file format), a popular data compression and archival format
• PKZIP, originator of the zip file format
• SecureZIP, successor to PKZIP
• Zip is the name of a program by Info-Zip to create the archival files.
• Zip (airline), a defunct Canadian discount airline.
• Zip is also slang for zero.
• Žíp, a village in Slovakia
• Professional wrestler Tom Prichard.
• Zip bomb, a malicious computer file
• Zip.ca, a Canadian online DVD rental service
• Zip card, an electronic ticket for use on London Transport
• Zip drive, disk format by Iomega
• Zip gun, a makeshift firearm
• Zip-line
• Zip the Pinhead, circus freak show performer
• Zip (TUGS), a character in TUGS

ZIP is an abbreviation of:

• ZIP code, USPS zoning improvement plan
• Zig-zag in-line package, a type of electronic packaging
• Zone Information Protocol, implementation of an OSI model layer
• Zooming Interface Paradigm, an alternate computer interface design paradigm

Zipi may refer to:

• Zeta Instrument Processor Interface, or ZIPI
• Zipi y Zape or Zipizape, a famous Spanish cartoon.

Zips may refer to:

• Zips, tiny fairies of Mexican folklore
• Spiš, the Slovak province
• The Akron Zips, the University of Akron athletic team

Zipp may refer to:

• Zig-zag in-line package (ZIP), a type of electronic packaging, sometimes called ZIPP (zigzag in-line pin package).
• Zipp or Zipp Speed Weaponry, a bicycle parts manufacturer.
• Robbie Zipp, a former US soccer player.
• Thomas Zipp, a German artist.
• Bettina Zipp, a former German sprinter.

Zippe may refer to:

• Gernot Zippe, an Austrian engineer who invented the Zippe-type centrifuge.
• Zippe-type centrifuge, a centrifuge used in the extraction of U-235.

Zipper may refer to:

• Zipper, device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric together
• Zipper (data structure), used in programming, it generalizes the notion of "derivative" for types
• Zipper (ride), an amusement ride
• Zipper (Rescue Rangers), an animated character from Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers television series
• Zoe Zipper, a microcar sold in the early 1980s.
• Zipper, Airline call sign for Zip Airline.
• Zipper Harris, a character in Doonesbury
• Zipper Interactive, a video game making company.
• Zipper, nickname for public news tickers mounted on buildings http://www.signindustry.com/led/articles/2003-02-28-LB-LED-Zippers.php3
• Zipper, an infantry unit on the RTS game Total Annihilationstick
• Zipper (BDSM), a sexual practice which involves "Zipping" the skin.
• Zipper (slang), a term for an ounce of marijuana or cocaine.

Zippers may refer to:

• The Zippers, a band

Zippy may refer to:

• Zippy (Rainbow), a character in Rainbow, a British pre-school children's television series produced by Thames Television in the 1970s and 1980s
• Zippy the Pinhead, the main character in a comic strip of the same name
• Zippy (mascot), the name of the mascot for the University of Akron Zips
• Zippy, a nickname for NASCAR crew chief Greg Zipadelli
• Zippy, a brand name for the Compuspec dialler
• Zippy, the Zeitgeist International Party, or Z(i)p, styled after the Yippies