ZIP : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ZIP	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for ZIP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
zip n a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" Synonym(s): nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail Synonym(s): ZIP code, ZIP, postcode, postal code forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" Synonym(s): energy, vigor, vigour, zip a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab Synonym(s): slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener v close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn: zip up, zipper, zip] Antonym(s): unzip move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" Synonym(s): travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zip \Zip\, n. [Imitative.] A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zip \Zip\, v. i. To make, or move with, such a sound.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
zip vt. [primarily MS-DOS] To create a compressed archive from a group of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is spreading now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been written. Commonly used as follows: "I'll zip it up and send it to you." See {tar and feather}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
zip 1. To create a compressed {archive} (a "zip file") from one or more files using {PKWare}'s {PKZIP} or a compatible {archiver}. Its use is spreading from {MS-DOS} now that portable implementations of the {algorithm} have been written. zip is also the name of a {Unix} archiving utility compatible with {PKZIP}. {unzip} is the corresponding de-archiver. See also {gzip}, {tar and feather}. 2. {Zip Drive}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-08-26)