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Contents 1 In mathematics 2 As a year 3 As a name 4 As a noun 5 As a verb

Zero and 0 may refer to:

In mathematics

• 0 (number), a number, glyph, and numeral
• The "zero function", the constant function whose value is zero, for every element in its domain
• The slashed zero glyph used to distinguish the number '0' from the letter 'O' on character displays in mainframe and early personal computing
• A root (mathematics) of a function is also known as a zero of the function.

As a year

• Year zero, used as the start of many calendars
• Year Zero (political notion), the Cambodian genocide and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

As a name

• Zero, a character in the Beetle Bailey comic strip
• Zero, a character in the novel Holes by Louis Sachar
• Zero, an alternate name used by Xero (band)
• Zero (song), by The Smashing Pumpkins
• Zero (video game character)
• Zero, a video game character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Zero (magazine), a video game magazine
• Zero (cartoonist), Brazilian cartoonist
• Zero Mostel, stage actor
• Count Zero, science fiction novel by William Ford Gibson
• Ground Zero is the surface point in the vertical of the explosion of a nuclear bomb. This term has also been used figuratively for the area where the World Trade Center of Manhattan was located before the September 11 attacks.
• A6M Zero, Japanese fighter aircraft
• Son Goku (Dragon Ball), a character from Dragon Ball, known as "Zero" in a late 1980's dub
• Zero Wing, a video game
• Zero Milestone, in Washington, D.C.
• Zero Kilometre Stone (Budapest), in Hungary
• "Zero the dog", Jack Skellingtons ghost dog from The Nightmare Before Christmas

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

As a verb

• Zeroisation, setting every bit in the data to zero, in 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

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