Zed

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.