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Subject:Re: wanted: definition of ZIP code From:"Colleen Dancer (02) 333-1862" <DANCER -dot- COLLEEN -at- A2 -dot- ABC -dot- NET -dot- AU> Date:Fri, 20 Sep 1996 17:00:22 +1000
Francisco wrote:
Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary has the following:
zip code - n. often cap Z&I&P [zone improvement plan] (1963) : a
number that identifies each postal delivery area in the U.S.
That definition is only suitable if the software is only used in the US.
Secondly for aussie audiences it would also need to be indexed as a
post code. Barring the US the definition is accurate.
Cheers
Colleen Dancer
dancer -dot- colleen -at- a2 -dot- abc -dot- net -dot- au
