Zero 0 (zero) is a number representing an empty quantity. In place-value notation such as the Hindu–Arabic numeral system, 0 also serves as a placeholder numerical digit, which works by multiplying digits to the left of 0 by the radix, usual ...

is both the digit 0 and the number 0. Zero or Zeros may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Comics

* Zero (Marvel Comics), several characters in the Marvel Comics Universe * ''Zero'' (manhwa), a Korean manhwa by Dall-Young Lim and Park Sung-woo * ''Zero Zero'' (comics), an alternative comics anthology from 1995 to 2000 * Kenshiro "Zero" Cochrane, a character in ''Ghost Rider 2099'' * ''Zero'', a 2015 Image Comics publication * Zero, a character in ''

Beetle Bailey ''Beetle Bailey'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Mort Walker, published since September 4, 1950. It is set on a fictional United States Army post. In the years just before Walker's death in 2018 (at age 94), it was among the old ...

Film and television

* ''Zero'' (1928 film), a British silent drama film * ''Zero'' (2009 film), a Polish action film * ''Zero'' (2010 film), a stop-motion animation film * ''Zero'' (2016 film), an Indian fantasy horror film * ''Zero'' (2018 film), an Indian comedy film * ''Zero'' (2021 TV series), an Italian TV series * ''Zero'' (Singaporean TV series), a 2004 drama * "Zero", a ''Smallville'' episode * Zero (''Hit the Floor'' character), from the TV series ''Hit the Floor'' *

Ultraman Zero is a fictional character from the ''Ultra Series''. He first appeared in '' Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy'' before starring in his own film '' Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial'' and its 2012 sequel ''Ultraman Saga''. Introduced as an ener ...

, a character in ''Ultra Series'' *Zero, the titular character in the miniseries '' Grimoire of Zero,'' and a supporting one in its five-year spinoff ''

The Dawn of the Witch is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Kakeru Kobashiri and illustrated by Takashi Iwasaki, with partial character designs by Yoshinori Shizuma, and a Spin-off (media), spinoff sequel of Kobashiri's earlier series ''Grimoire of ...

'' * Zero, a supporting character from the 2020 anime '' Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon'' * Zero, a character from the 2021 animated series '' Tear Along the Dotted Line'' * Zero, a character from the film '' John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum''

Games

* Zero (''Drakengard''), a character in the role-playing game ''Drakengard 3'' * Zero (''Mega Man''), a character in Capcom's ''Mega Man'' video game franchise *

Major Zero The ''Metal Gear'' franchise features a large number of characters created by Hideo Kojima and designed by Yoji Shinkawa. Its setting features several soldiers with supernatural powers provided by the new advancements of science. The series ini ...

, a character in the ''Metal Gear'' video game franchise *

ZeRo (gamer) Gonzalo Raúl Barrios Castro (born April 17, 1995), known by his gamertag ZeRo, is a Chilean professional '' Super Smash Bros.'' player and streamer. He was considered the best '' Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' player in the world throughout his ...

, the gamertag of Gonzalo Barrios, a former professional ''Super Smash Bros.'' player * Zero, a recurring role in the

Zero Escape ''Zero Escape'', formerly released in Japan as , is a series of adventure games directed and written by Kotaro Uchikoshi. The first two entries in the series, '' Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors'' (2009) and '' Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Re ...

series *

Zero (game engine) Zero''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' "making of" video is the common name for the evolution of the proprietary game engine created by Pandemic Studios. It was used first in the game '' Battlezone II: Combat Commander'' and later used in several ''St ...

, created by Pandemic Studios

Magazines

* ''Zero'' (video game magazine), a UK monthly magazine from 1989 to 1992 * ''Zero Magazine'' (music magazine), in San Francisco * ''Zero'' (Spanish magazine), a Spanish gay-themed magazine

Music

Bands

* Zero (American band), a psychedelic rock band *

Zero (Brazilian band) Zero (), stylized as ZERØ, is a Brazilian rock band formed in 1983 in São Paulo and based in Rio de Janeiro since 1998, widely considered to be major forerunners of the New Romantic movement in Brazil. History Early years and "Heróis" (1983 ...

, a 1980s rock band *

Zero (Indian band) Zero is an Indian rock band founded in 1998. While they played what was supposed to be their last concert at Independence Rock Festival, Independence Rock XXIII on 30 August 2008, they have since reunited to play gigs on an annual basis. Zero r ...

, a rock band * Zero Band, a Chinese rock band formed in 1998 *

The Zeros (American band) The Zeros are an American punk rock band, formed in 1976 in Chula Vista, California. The band was originally composed of Javier Escovedo (younger brother of Alejandro Escovedo, older brother of Mario Escovedo of The Dragons) on vocals/guitar ...

, a California punk rock band * The Zeros (English band), a British punk band

Albums

* ''Zero'' (Hawthorne Heights album), 2013 * ''Zero'' (KYPCK album), 2016 * ''Zeros'' (Declan McKenna album), 2020 * ''Zeros'' (The Soft Moon album), 2012

Songs

* "Zero" (Bump of Chicken song) (2011) * "Zero" (Chris Brown song) (2015) * "Zero" (B'z song) (1992) * "Zero" (Fayray song) (2007) * "Zero" (Hawk Nelson song) (2006) * "Zero" (Imagine Dragons song) (2018) * "Zero" (Mahmood song) (2021) * "Zero" (Alastair Riddell song) (1981) * "Zero" (The Smashing Pumpkins song) (1996) * "Zero" (Yeah Yeah Yeahs song) (2009) * "Zero", a song from the 1992 album ''

Souls at Zero ''Souls at Zero'' is the third studio album by the American avant-garde metal band Neurosis. It was released in 1992 by the Alternative Tentacles record label. It was reissued in 1999 with bonus tracks on the band's own Neurot Recordings label. ...

'' by Neurosis * "ZERO", a song from the 2002 album Gaia by

Janne Da Arc Janne Da Arc was a Japanese visual kei Rock music, rock band, formed in Hirakata, Osaka in 1991. Although inactive since 2007, Janne Da Arc officially announced that they disbanded on April 1, 2019. The band's name is often seen shortened to ei ...

Other arts, entertainment and media

Zero (art) Zero (usually styled as ZERO) was an artist group founded in the late 1950s in Düsseldorf by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene. Piene described it as "a zone of silence and of pure possibilities for a new beginning".Karen Rosenberg (August 21, 2014)H ...

, an international art movement; also the ZERO foundation, a German cultural institute supported by some Zero artists

Cars

Dome Zero The was a prototype sports car from Dome (constructor), DOME Co. Ltd that was exhibited at the 48th Geneva Auto Show#1978, Geneva Auto Show in 1978. The Dome project was started by Minoru Hayashi in 1975, with the goal of producing sports cars usi ...

, a 1978 concept car *

Fiat Zero The Fiat Zero, known also as the Fiat 12/15 hp, was a car produced by FIAT from 1912 to 1915. (The letters 'hp' defined its fiscal horse power rather than its bhp.) At launch it sold for 8,000 lire, which later was reduced to 6,900 lire, ...

, produced from 1912 to 1915 * Lancia Stratos Zero, first shown to the public at the Turin Motor Show in 1970 * Nikola Zero, a cancelled off-road side-by-side concept car

Companies

Zero Halliburton Zero Halliburton, stylized as ZERO Halliburton, is a company that manufactures hard-wearing travel cases and briefcases, mainly of aluminum. On December 29, 2006, Zero Corporation sold its consumer division to ACE Co., Ltd., a Japanese lu ...

, a luggage company previously known as the Zero Corporation * Zero Motorcycles, an electric motorcycle company *

Zero Skateboards Zero Skateboards is a skateboard company located in Carlsbad, California, United States. The brand was founded by professional skateboarder and entrepreneur Jamie Thomas, and distributed by his Black Box Distribution company. In late June 2014 ...

, a company started by Jamie Thomas

Computing

AlphaGo Zero AlphaGo Zero is a version of DeepMind's Go software AlphaGo. AlphaGo's team published an article in the journal ''Nature'' on 19 October 2017, introducing AlphaGo Zero, a version created without using data from human games, and stronger than any ...

, edition of the Go software AlphaGo developed by DeepMind *

/dev/zero is a special file in Unix-like operating systems that provides as many null characters (ASCII NUL, 0x00) as are read from it. One of the typical uses is to provide a character stream for initializing data storage. Function Read operations from ...

a special file in Unix-like operating systems that outputs zeros * Zero client, a variant of

thin client In computer networking, a thin client is a simple (low-performance) computer that has been optimized for establishing a remote connection with a server-based computing environment. They are sometimes known as ''network computers'', or in th ...

, a type of computer

Mathematics

Zero of a function In mathematics, a zero (also sometimes called a root) of a real-, complex-, or generally vector-valued function f, is a member x of the domain of f such that f(x) ''vanishes'' at x; that is, the function f attains the value of 0 at x, or e ...

, an element of the domain of a function, where the value of the function is zero **

Zero (complex analysis) In complex analysis (a branch of mathematics), a pole is a certain type of singularity of a complex-valued function of a complex variable. In some sense, it is the simplest type of singularity. Technically, a point is a pole of a function if ...

, a zero of a holomorphic function *

Zero element In mathematics, a zero element is one of several generalizations of the number zero to other algebraic structures. These alternate meanings may or may not reduce to the same thing, depending on the context. Additive identities An additive identi ...

, generalization of the number zero in algebraic structures *

Zero object (algebra) In algebra, the zero object of a given algebraic structure is, in the sense explained below, the simplest object of such structure. As a set it is a singleton, and as a magma has a trivial structure, which is also an abelian group. The aforeme ...

, generalization of the number zero in algebraic structures *

Zero object In category theory, a branch of mathematics, an initial object of a category is an object in such that for every object in , there exists precisely one morphism . The dual notion is that of a terminal object (also called terminal element): ...

in a category * Zero dagger (denoted 0^†) and

Zero sharp In the mathematical discipline of set theory, 0# (zero sharp, also 0#) is the set of true formulae about indiscernibles and order-indiscernibles in the Gödel constructible universe. It is often encoded as a subset of the integers (using Gödel ...

(denoted 0^#), two theoretical numbers relating to the consistency of set theory * '' Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea'', a book by Charles Seife

Places

Zero, Mississippi Zero is an unincorporated community located in central Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States, located approximately southeast of Meridian near U.S. Route 45 U.S. Route 45 (US 45) is a major north-south United States highway and a bo ...

, an unincorporated community * Zero, Montana, an unincorporated community *

Zero Township, Adams County, Nebraska Zero Township is one of sixteen townships in Adams County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 207 at the 2020 census. A portion of the village of Ayr lies within the township. See also *County government in Nebraska County government ...

Other uses

* ''Zero'', common marketing name for

Diet drink Diet or light beverages (also marketed as sugar-free, zero-calorie, low-calorie, zero-sugar or zero) are generally sugar-free, artificially sweetened beverages with few or no calories. They are marketed for diabetics and other people who want t ...

s *

Mitsubishi A6M Zero The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-based fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. The A6M w ...

, a Japanese fighter aircraft used in World War II * Zero (name), a surname, given name, or pseudonym *

Zero (linguistics) In linguistics, a zero or null is a segment which is not pronounced or written. It is a useful concept in analysis, indicating lack of an element where one might be expected. It is usually written with the symbol "∅", in Unicode . A common ad ho ...

, an element unrealized in speech, as in a zero article * ''Zero'' (''Sapphire and Steel''), an audio drama * ZERO bar, a candy bar manufactured by the Hershey Company * ZERO—The End of Prostate Cancer, a non-profit organization *

Zero Emission Resource Organisation Zero Emission Resource Organisation or ZERO is a Norwegian environmental organisation that was founded in 2002 to work on the reduction of greenhouse gases, primarily in Norway. The philosophy of the organisation is that if new facilities are ma ...

, a Norwegian environmental organization * In shooting sports, the default center of aim after sighting in (or "zeroing") a gun