Address Management System

Address Management System (AMS) is the United States Postal Service master database of deliverable addresses. Address-checking tools using AMS provide address standardization, as well as city/state and ZIP Code lookup features.United States Postal Service, "Postal Operations". Operations Planning. Retrieved 2012-09-18.

Business mailers use the USPS Address Management System:⁠-⁠[e correct ZIP Codes. City/state lookup services use AMS to provide the city and state corresponding to any given ZIP Code.United States Postal Service, "Click-N-Ship For Business". Shipping Assistant 3.7 User Guide. Retrieved 2012-09-18.

AMS is also a general term describing a technological solution for managing street addressing.Street Addressing and the Management of Cities, copyright 2005

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