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*[[Kawasaki Z1000| Z or Zed]], abbreviations for the Kawasaki Z1000 motorcycle. A sport bike engine, with the styling of a naked bike. |
*[[Kawasaki Z1000| Z or Zed]], abbreviations for the Kawasaki Z1000 motorcycle. A sport bike engine, with the styling of a naked bike. |
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*''[[Z (computer game)|Z]]'' (pronounced "Zed"), a computer real-time strategy game for DOS, Windows, Sega Saturn and PlayStation. |
*''[[Z (computer game)|Z]]'' (pronounced "Zed"), a computer real-time strategy game for DOS, Windows, Sega Saturn and PlayStation. |
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*''[[Z (computer game)|Z]]'' (pronounced "Zed"), Canadian pronunciation for final letter of the alphabet. |
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*''Zed'', a now defunct annual design journal edited by [[Katie Salen]] that ran from 1995-2000. |
*''Zed'', a now defunct annual design journal edited by [[Katie Salen]] that ran from 1995-2000. |
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*Zed card, a popular but erroneous name for a "portfolio on a card" used by models and actors, see [[comp card]]. |
*Zed card, a popular but erroneous name for a "portfolio on a card" used by models and actors, see [[comp card]]. |
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Zed (Template:PronEng) 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" (/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.
- Z (pronounced "Zed"), Canadian pronunciation for final letter of the alphabet.
- 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 (company), 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.