ZIP is an abbreviation of:

• USPS zoning improvement plan, better known as ZIP Code
• 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

See also:

• ZIP file format
• Zip drive -- disk format popularised by Iomega in the late 1990s
• zipper -- device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric together
• Zip the Pinhead -- circus freak show performer
• Zip (airline) -- a defunct Canadian discount airline .
• Zip is also slang for zero.