An informal name for a molecular cell biology system of signals or "address tags" that guide the movement of a protein within a cell. In more technical terms, protein ZIP codes* are molecular signals that direct the protein from the endoplasmic reticulum, where it is assembled, to the cytoplasm of the cell and into other cellular compartm [..]

A geographical classification system developed by the U.S. government for mail distribution. A nested, numeric code with a range of five to nine digits.

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(zone improvement plan) series of numbers used to help locate an address for mail delivery.

postal code

The roughly rectangular area surrounding the tee within which golfers should try to confine the flight of the ball.

A numerical postal code used in the United States. Each zip code identifies an exact post office that handles the mail for a given area. ZIP codes were introduced in 1963 to speed the sorting and deli [..]

The U.S. numerical post code used to speed and mechanize mail handling and delivery. The letters stand for Zoning Improvement Plan.

ZIP code is an acronym for Zoning Improvement Plan. These numeric codes are postal codes in the United States that identify preassigned geographic boundaries and make mail sorting and delivery more efficient. The original specification was a five digit numeric code for the United States. (If you would like to find where a zip code is and other info [..]

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, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the code in the postal address.

A series of numbers in mailing addresses that designates postal delivery districts in the United States.

A five (or nine) digit number that identifies every Post Office and delivery station within the United States. ZIP coded shipments will be delivered quicker than uncoded shipments.

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(chiefly,US) A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number. (US) A region within which all addresses share a certain five-dig [..]

A ZIP Code is a postal code used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) in a system it introduced in 1963. The term ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan; it was chosen to suggest that the m [..]

A ZIP Code is a postal code used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) in a system it introduced in 1963. The term ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan; it was chosen to suggest that the m [..]

A ZIP Code is a postal code used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) in a system it introduced in 1963. The term ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan; it was chosen to suggest that the m [..]