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  2. This Is What Your ZIP Code Actually Means - AOL

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    The ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan; the codes were invented to help the postal service automate mail sorting methods. (The fact that it's an acronym means that, yes, the ZIP in ZIP code ...

  3. Sectional center facility - Wikipedia

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    A sectional center facility (SCF) is a processing and distribution center (P&DC) of the United States Postal Service (USPS) that serves a designated geographical area defined by one or more three-digit ZIP Code prefixes.

  4. ZIP Code - Wikipedia

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    A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan [1]) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The term ZIP was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly [ 2 ] ( zipping along ) when senders use the code in the postal address .

  5. File:ZIP Code zones.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: This map of the United States divides the country into ZIP code zones. All states with a common colour use ZIP codes starting with the same digit. Each string of digits, whether two or three digits in length, refers to an allocation which reflects all existing ZIP codes starting with those two or three digits.

  6. List of postal codes - Wikipedia

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    The postal code refers to the post office at which the receiver's P. O. Box is located. Kiribati: KI: no codes Korea, North: KP: no codes Korea, South: 1 August 2015 KR: NNNNN Previously NNN-NNN (1988~2015), NNN or NNN-NN (1970~1988) Kosovo: XK: NNNNN A separate postal code for Kosovo was introduced by the UNMIK postal administration in 2004 ...

  7. ZIP Code Tabulation Area - Wikipedia

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    ZCTAs are generalized area representations of the United States Postal Service (USPS) ZIP code service areas, but are not the same as ZIP codes. Individual USPS ZIP codes can cross state , place, county , census tract , census block group and census block boundaries, so the Census Bureau asserts that "there is no correlation between ZIP codes ...

  8. Federal Information Processing Standard state code - Wikipedia

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    The FIPS state alpha code for each U.S. states and the District of Columbia are identical to the postal abbreviations by the United States Postal Service. From September 3, 1987, the same was true of the alpha code for each of the outlying areas, with the exception of U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (UM) as the USPS routes mail for these islands ...

  9. Postal code - Wikipedia

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    Post office sign in Farrer, Australian Capital Territory, showing postcode 2607. A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.