Rapid Addressing - Postcode Lookup - An Introduction

If you live in the UK, chances are that you have used rapid addressing on numerous occasions. Have you ever been asked:

"what is your postcode?"

Rather than typing or spelling out your whole address, you simply give the postcode and confirm your house name or number. The full correct address is captured correctly with minimum of fuss.

That, in essence, is rapid addressing. Broadly speaking it refers to one of two typical actions:

• using a postcode to quickly find a full address, or
• finding a full address including the postcode from partial address information.

The most common term for rapid addressing tends to be 'postcode lookup'. Other names can be 'address lookup', 'address auto fill' and a few other, less common terms.

Best way to explain postcode lookup is by example

If you don't know any real postcodes, try AA11AA. The example below illustrates how a full address can be obtained quickly from only the postcode.

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