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because archive compression is like a zip(per): you zip it up, it's closed.

Another answer, which is probably the one that has to do with zip codes:

Dictionaries say that "zip" in "zip code" is from the initial letters of "zone improvement plan." "Zip" was also already a word meaning "to cause to go fast." So "zip code" means "a zone improvement plan that causes mail to go fast."
ZIP stands for Zoning Improvement Plan. It was developed by the USPS to help sort the mail more efficiently for delivery.

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9y ago

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