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- Date: 3 Jan 93 10:01:29 EST
- From: Craig R. Watkins <CRW@icf.hrb.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Format of ZIP Code Bars on Envelopes
- Message-ID: <telecom13.6.5@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: HRB Systems, Inc.
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- In article <telecom13.3.5@eecs.nwu.edu>, doug@CC.YSU.EDU (Doug Sewell)
- writes:
-
- > (1) Coding can be five digits (rare), nine digits (most common) and
- > more to include house codes/street address numbers (this is not
- > very common yet).
-
- There is an eleven digit code which is called the Advanced Bar Code
- (ABC). It consists of the the ZIP+4 plus the last two digits of the
- street address, the theory being that it uniquely identifies the
- destination allowing automatic sorting for the order of delivery.
-
-
- Craig R. Watkins crw@icf.hrb.com
- HRB Systems, Inc. +1 814 238-4311
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