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What does word "shipping" mean?
I've seen this word in many Internet shops.

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There's two possible meaning in the context of an internet "shop":

  1. "Delivery" -- shipping is the cost that you have to pay in order to have the item sent to you via the postal service.

  2. "Completion" -- if you're developing software, then completing a version of the software and releasing it to customers is often referred to as "shipping". This is a reference to sense #1, going back to the day when a new software version had to be physically delivered to customers on disks.

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