Zero

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Contents 1 As a year 2 As a name 2.1 Real persons 2.2 In fiction 2.3 In music 2.4 Miscellaneous uses 3 As a noun 4 As a verb 5 Etymology

For the number 0, see 0 (number).

[edit] As a year

• Year zero, used as the start of astronomical year numbering and Hindu and Buddhist years.
• Year Zero (political notion), the Cambodian genocide.

[edit] As a name

• Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Japanese fighter aircraft
• Ground Zero, the surface point in the vertical of the explosion of a nuclear bomb.
  • Ground Zero often refers to the area where the World Trade Center of Manhattan was located before the September 11, 2001 attacks.

[edit] Real persons

• Zero (cartoonist), Brazilian cartoonist
• Zero Mostel, stage actor
• Zero, IHW Main attraction; aka Buff Bennet; aka The Lone Wolf; aka Magnus

[edit] In fiction

A large number of fictional characters are named "Zero":

• Zero, a character in the Beetle Bailey comic strip.
• Hector "Zero" Zeroni, a character in the novel Holes by Louis Sachar.
• Zero (comics), a character from Marvel Comics, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front.
• Zero (Mega Man), a character in the Mega Man X and Mega Man Zero video game series.
• Zero, a character in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
• Zero (Tenchi Muyo!), a character in the anime series Tenchi Muyo!.
• Veedramon Zero, a character in the manga series Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01.
• "Zero the dog", Jack Skellington's ghost dog from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
• E-100 Alpha "ZERO", The robot chasing Amy Rose in Sonic Adventure.
• Zero, a talking wolf character in the manga 666 Satan. Also, Jio Freed, the protagonist of the story, named his boomerang weapon "Zero", after the wolf, who was his sensei.
• Zero, the mystery singer in the Korean drama Beautiful Days. The singer who sang Zero's songs in the show is now famous in real life in Korea and Japan and goes by the stage name Zero.
• 0 (Star Trek), a villain in the Star Trek: The Q Continuum novel series.
• 0 is the resident universal dominator who serves as the ultimate evil in Nintendo's character Kirby's universe.
• Son Gokū, a character from Dragon Ball, was known as "Zero" in an early Harmony Gold English Dragon Ball dub from the 1980's English dub.
• Major Zero in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
• Mr. 0 was Sir Crocodile's alias in the manga and anime series One Piece.

[edit] In music

• Zero (song), by The Smashing Pumpkins
• Zero the Hero (song), by Black Sabbath
• Zero, an alternate name used by Xero (band)
• Zero, the number of Sid Wilson in the band Slipknot
• Deltron Zero (aka Del Tha Funkee Homosapien) of Deltron 3030
• ZERO (Real name unknown), an active member in the visual kei band, D'espairsRay

[edit] Miscellaneous uses

• Zero (magazine), a video game magazine
• A common nickname for the video game Ace Combat Zero
• Zero Wing, a video game
• Zero (manga), a manga comic by Kei Toume
• Zero! [1] is a card-based board game by GMT Games.
• Count Zero, science fiction novel by William Ford Gibson
• Zero Milestone, in Washington, D.C.
• Zero Kilometre Stone (Budapest), in Hungary
• Coca-Cola Zero, Sprite Zero, Pibb Zero, Fanta Zero, and Vault Zero - diet sodas sold by The Coca-Cola Company.
• ZERO, a candy bar manufactured by The Hershey Company.
• Dome Zero, a 1978 concept car, designed and built by the Japanese racing car builder Dome (constructor)
• E-100 α (ZERO) of the E-Series.
• Zero, a skateboarding company started by Jamie Thomas.
• Zero, a video game engine made by Pandemic Studios

[edit] As a noun

• Zero (linguistics), an element not realized in speech, as in a zero article
• Zero day or "0day" refers to software, media, or information that is obtained either prior to or on the day of the official release
• Size Zero, a petite dress size for women
• Zero, and Double Zero refer to the "green" bets in Roulette.

[edit] As a verb

• Zeroisation, setting every bit in the data to zero, in cryptographic computing
• In firearms, to "zero" a weapon means to adjust the iron sights or the telescopic sight so that it aims exactly where the bullet goes at a given distance.
• calibration

[edit] Etymology

The word "zero" came via French zéro from Arabic صفر, şafira = "it was empty" şifr = "zero", "nothing"; compare the etymology of "cipher".