What does ZIP stand for?

What does ZIP mean?

ZIP	Zone Information Protocol Computing » General
ZIP	Zone Improvement Plan Governmental » US Government
ZIP	Zone Improvement Plan Miscellaneous » USPS
ZIP	Zigzag Inline Package Academic & Science » Electronics
ZIP	Zinc, Iron, And Protein Miscellaneous » Food
ZIP	Zinc, Iron, And Protein Medical » Laboratory
ZIP	Zero Intelligence Plus Miscellaneous » Funnies
ZIP	Zope Internationalization Project Governmental » United Nations
ZIP	Back4Win Backup Archive Computing » File Extensions
ZIP	Zero Injection Pressure Academic & Science » Geology
ZIP	Zanox Intelligent Provision Computing » Hardware
ZIP	Zurich Information Processing Business » Firms
ZIP	Zone Improvement Project Governmental » Environmental
ZIP	Zinns Infernal Pile Miscellaneous » Science Fiction
ZIP	Zesty Iron Potatoes Miscellaneous » Food
ZIP	Zone Indication Protocol Governmental » US Government
ZIP	Zacchaeus Internet Promotions Business » Firms
ZIP	Zeal, Intensity, Perseverance Business » Positions
ZIP	Compressed file archive ( InfoZIP - PKZip - WinZip) Computing » File Extensions
zip	Ziv packer (algorithm author) Computing » Unix Commands

ZIP(n.): a format for compressing electronic files for efficient storage and transfer.