Zip, Zips or ZIP may refer to:

Common uses

* ZIP Code, USPS postal code *

Zipper A zipper, zip, fly, or zip fastener, formerly known as a clasp locker, is a commonly used device for binding together two edges of fabric or other flexible material. Used in clothing (e.g. jackets and jeans), luggage and other bags, camping ...

or zip, clothing fastener

Science and technology

Computing

ZIP (file format) ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. The ZIP file format permits a number of compression algorithms, though DEFLATE is th ...

, 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 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 us ...

* Zipping (computer science), or zip, reorganizing lists of lists *

Zip drive The Zip drive is a removable floppy disk storage system that was introduced by Iomega in late 1994. Considered medium-to-high-capacity at the time of its release, Zip disks were originally launched with capacities of 100 MB, then 250 ...

, a removable disk storage system * Zone Information Protocol, 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, a zip tone (also known as a whisper tone or call waiting tone) is a call-progress tone which indicates a new incoming call is either connecting or waiting depending on the application. Unlike a ringtone, which alerts those near a tel ...

, 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 4 ...

, electronic packaging *

Zip fuel Zip fuel, also known as high energy fuel (HEF), is any member of a family of jet fuels containing additives in the form of hydro-boron compounds, or ''boranes''. Zip fuels offer higher energy density than conventional fuels, helping extend the rang ...

, a type of jet fuel * Zip tie, 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 ...

Arts, entertainment and media

* Zip (game), a children's game * Zip (roller coaster), at Oaks Amusement Park, Oregon, US * Zip, a band formed by

Pete Shelley Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish; 17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 wh ...

* ''

Zip Comics ''Zip Comics'' was the name of an American anthology comic book series published by MLJ Magazines Inc., more commonly known as MLJ Comics, for 47 issues between February 1940 and Summer 1944. It featured a number of adventure, humor and costumed ...

'', 1940-1944 *

ZIP FM ZIP FM is a commercial radio station in Lithuania, broadcasting from capital city of Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state registe ...

, a radio station, Vilnius, Lithuania * '' ZIP Magazine'', 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 of ...

's paintings

Film and television

* Zip (''TUGS''), a character in the British children's television series ''TUGS'' * title character of ''

Zip, the Dodger ''Zip, the Dodger'' is a 1914 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle See also * Fatty Arbuckle filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, directo ...

'', a 1914 film starring Fatty Arbuckle * ZIP, a fictional amnestic drug in the ''Blindspot'' TV series

Brands, enterprises and products

Zip (airline) Zip was a Canadian discount airline headquartered in Hangar 101 at Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta. It was launched by Air Canada as a no-frills subsidiary in September 2002. It operated a fleet of 12 Boeing 737 aircraft, each p ...

, a former Canadian airline * Mr. ZIP, a promotional character *

Piaggio Zip The Piaggio Zip is a scooter that is manufactured by Piaggio. All Zip models have a CVT automatic transmission, sometimes referred to as a twist & go transmission due to its lack of gears and use of an automatic centrifugal clutch, sharing severa ...

, a scooter *

Zip Co Zip Co Limited (abbreviated as Zip Co) is a global 'buy now pay later' financial technology company with operations in Australia, New Zealand and the USA. According to theiFY22 financial scorecard across the group they had 12 million total custo ...

, an Australian fintech company *

Zip Industries Zip Industries is a privately owned Australian business founded by Michael Crouch AC. It manufactures and markets instant boiling water systems. These are sold in more than seventy countries, where they are specified for use in kitchens, hospit ...

, an Australian manufacturer of hot water dispensers *

Zip's Drive-in Zip's Drive In (more commonly referred to as "Zip's"), is a restaurant chain located in the Inland Northwest region of the United States. Formerly a drive-in restaurant, expanding throughout the region in the 1960s and 1970s, the restaurant chain ...

, an American restaurant chain * Zip.ca, a Canadian DVD rental service *

Zip card The Oyster card is a payment method for public transport in London (and certain areas around it) in England, United Kingdom. A standard Oyster card is a blue credit-card-sized stored-value contactless smart card. It is promoted by Transport ...

, for travel in London, UK *

Zip cube A Zip firelighter (or "zip cube") is a packaged small block of solid fuel containing kerosene, sold as a firelighter in Ireland, Canada and the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States ...

, firelighters

Places

* Žíp, a village in Slovakia *

Spiš Spiš (Latin: ''Cips/Zepus/Scepus/Scepusia'', german: Zips, hu, Szepesség/Szepes, pl, Spisz) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (14 villages). Spiš is an informal designation of the territory ...

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 Wint ...

(born 1940), nicknamed "Zip" * Zip Hanna (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. Z ...

(1891–1970), American baseball player * Bohdan Zip (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 Thomas Prichard (born August 18, 1959) is a retired American professional wrestler and author. He is the older brother of Bruce Prichard. Professional wrestling career Early career (1979–1986) Tom Prichard began his career in Los Angele ...

(born 1959), American retired professional wrestler

Other uses

* Zip, slang for

zero 0 (zero) is a number representing an empty quantity. In place-value notation such as the Hindu–Arabic numeral system, 0 also serves as a placeholder numerical digit, which works by multiplying digits to the left of 0 by the radix, usu ...

Zips Zips (also ''Siggies'' or ''Geeps'') is a slang term in the United States that was especially in use in the early 20th century. It was often used as a derogatory slur by Italian American and Sicilian American mobsters in reference to newer imm ...

, a derogatory term used by Italian-American mobsters for newer immigrant Sicilian and Italian mafiosi *

Akron Zips Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city pro ...

, the University of Akron athletic teams * Zip Feed Tower, a former grain elevator in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US