Zed

Zed (pronEng|ˈzɛd) is the name of the last letter of the alphabet Z used by the majority of English-speaking people outside of the United States (where its name is "zee" (IPA|/ziː/)). The name "zed" is derived from the Greek letter zeta, which also represents the Z sound. Zulu is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet for Z.

Zed can also refer to the following.

Music / Entertainment

*Zed (band), a pop-rock group from New Zealand.
*ZED, a sludge/groove metal group from Philadelphia, PA, USA.
*"ZeD", a Canadian show that aired original music, short films, animation, performance, visual art and spoken word pieces from around the world.

Fictional characters

*Chief Zed, "Men in Black (film)" supervisor (the agents' code names are letters).
*Zed, other spelling for Djed.
*"Zed" or "Zeds" is a fictional slang term for zombies.
*Zed, the character in the movie "Zardoz" played by Sean Connery - name specifically comes from the British name of this letter.
*Zed, a character in the video game "Wild Arms" for the Sony PlayStation.
*Zed is the name of the S&M-loving security guard in the popular movie "Pulp Fiction", played by Peter Greene.
*Zed is the name of a highly skilled safe cracker in the 1994 movie "Killing Zoe", played by Eric Stoltz.
*Zed, the antagonist of the video game "Zombie Revenge" for the Sega Dreamcast and arcade.
*Zed is the main character of the anime series Kiba.
*Zed was the name of a robotic villain in the series SWAT Kats.
*Zed is a character in the "Police Academy" film series.
* "Zed" was a fictional robot in "The Ed and Zed Show".
*Lord Zedd villain of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
*The Zeds, characters in the Dr. Seuss book "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" that have one hair growing on their heads.
*"A Zed and two Noughts", a film by Peter Greenaway

Other

*In the browser-based multiplayer game Urban Dead, Zed is slang for Zombie.
* Z or Zed, abbreviations for the Kawasaki Z1000 motorcycle. A sport bike engine, with the styling of a naked bike.
*"Z" (pronounced "Zed"), a computer real-time strategy game for DOS, Windows, Sega Saturn and PlayStation.
*"Zed", a now defunct annual design journal edited by Katie Salen that ran from 1995-2000.
*Zed card, a popular but erroneous name for a "portfolio on a card" used by models and actors, see comp card.
*Zed, Rajan, a Hindu chaplain and community activist based in Reno, NV, USA. He was selected as a guest chaplain for US Senate in 2007. His service was shown on national TV after protesters disrupted his invocation.
*The specification language Z.
*Zonal Employee Discount An airline industry employee discount, for travel on other airlines (other than their own) as a non-revenue standby passenger.
*"Zed", a terminal text editor for UNIX.
*"Z-Cars", a 1960s UK TV series.
*Zero Point Module, abbreviated ZPM, a fictional power source on the TV series Stargate Atlantis.
*"Zed", a multinational corporation from Spain that develops and markets entertainment and community products and services for mobile phones and the Internet in 53 countries.
*"ZED", abbreviation of Zero (fossil) Emission Development, a zero-carbon building philosophy and method designed by architect Bill Dunster. See BedZED in south London, the first ZED building.