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  2. Address - Wikipedia

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    An address is a collection of information, presented in a mostly fixed format, used to give the location of a building, apartment, or other structure or a plot of land, generally using political boundaries and street names as references, along with other identifiers such as house or apartment numbers and organization name.

  3. ZIP Code - Wikipedia

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    A 1974 postage stamp encouraging people to use the ZIP Code on letters and parcels. 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 ...

  4. List of United States congressional districts - Wikipedia

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    Change in apportionment of congressional districts, starting in 2023, as a result of the 2020 United States census Change in apportionment of congressional districts, starting in 2013, as a result of the 2010 United States census Change in apportionment of congressional districts, starting in 2003, as a result of the 2000 United States census Change in apportionment of congressional districts ...

  5. List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Older variable-length official US Government Printing Office abbreviations. AP. Abbreviations from the AP Stylebook (bold red text shows differences between GPO and AP) Name and status of region. ISO. ANSI. USPS. USCG. GPO.

  6. Link-local address - Wikipedia

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    Link-local address. In computer networking, a link-local address is a network address that is valid only for communications on a local link, i.e. within a subnetwork that a host is connected to. Link-local addresses are most often unicast network addresses assigned automatically through a process known as stateless address autoconfiguration ...

  7. Postal address verification - Wikipedia

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    Postal address verification (also known as address , address validation, address verification and CASS certification [1]) is the process used to check the validity and deliverability of a physical mailing address. According to the United States Postal Service, an address is valid (or mailable) if it is CASS-certified, meaning that it exists ...

  8. Unique local address - Wikipedia

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    A unique local address ( ULA) is an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address in the address range fc00:: / 7. [1] These addresses are non-globally reachable [2] (routable only within the scope of private networks, but not the global IPv6 Internet). For this reason, ULAs are somewhat analogous to IPv4 private network addressing, but with ...

  9. House numbering - Wikipedia

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    House numbering. House numbering is the system of giving a unique number to each building in a street or area, with the intention of making it easier to locate a particular building. The house number is often part of a postal address. The term describes the number of any building (residential or commercial) with a mailbox, or even a vacant lot.