Nothing (disambiguation)

Nothing is the concept of the absence of anything.

Nothing or The Nothing may also refer to:

Mathematics, science and technology

Computers

• /dev/zero a special file in Unix-like operating systems that outputs zeros
• IEFBR14, an IBM mainframe utility program that acts as a placeholder whose purpose is to do nothing
• Null device, a special computer file, named /dev/null on Unix systems, that discards all data written to it
• Null, a value that a variable of nullable type in a computer program can take

Mathematics

• 0 (number), the mathematical concept of the quantity of things in "nothing"
• Empty set, the mathematical concept of the collection of things represented by "nothing"

Physics and astronomy

• Vacuum
• Vacuum solution (general relativity)
• Quantum vacuum state
  • QED vacuum
  • QCD vacuum
• Quantum fluctuation
• Bubble of nothing, mathematical instability in certain theories
• Boötes Void, also called the Great Nothing.

Books

• Nothing (novel), a 2000 novel by Janne Teller
• Nothing: Something to Believe In, a 2007 book by Nica Lalli
• Nothing, a 1950 novel by Henry Green
• Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia, a 2011 memoir by Blake Butler
• Nothing, a fictional substance in the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix
• The Nothing, a destructive force in the novel The Neverending Story and some adaptations

Music

• Nothing (opera), a 2016 opera by David Bruce

Bands, musicians, and labels

• Nothing (band), an American shoegaze band
• Crossfade (American band), a rock band once known as the Nothing
• Jeffrey Nothing (Jeffrey Hatrix, born 1960), American singer formerly of Mushroomhead
• Nothing Records, a defunct American record label

Albums

• Nothing (Darkside album), 2025
• Nothing (Meshuggah album), 2002
• Nothing (N.E.R.D. album), 2010
• Nothing (EP), by Diatribe, or the title song, 1992
• The Nothing, by Korn, 2019
• Nothing, by Æon Spoke, 2012
• The Nothing, by Johnny Polygon, 2013

Songs

• "Nothing" (A song), 2002
• "Nothing" (Dwight Yoakam song), 1995
• "Nothing" (Janet Jackson song), 2010
• "Nothing" (The Script song), 2010
• "Nothing" (A Chorus Line song), from the musical A Chorus Line, 1975
• "Nothin'" (Guns N' Roses song), 2025
• "Nothin'" (N.O.R.E. song), 2002
• "Nothin' (That Compares 2 U)", by the Jacksons, 1989
• "Nothing", by Aimee Mann from Whatever, 1993
• "Nothing", by Anthrax from Stomp 442, 1995
• "Nothing", by Apink from Horn, 2022
• "Nothing", by Brandy from Full Moon, 2002
• "Nothing", by Bruno Major, 2019
• "Nothing", by the Cat Empire from The Cat Empire, 2003
• "Nothing", by the Clay People from Toy Box, 1991
• "Nothing", by Depeche Mode from Music for the Masses, 1987
• "Nothing", by Edie Brickell from Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, 1988
• "Nothing", by Flipper from Album – Generic Flipper, 1982
• "Nothing", by the Fugs from The Fugs First Album, 1965
• "Nothing", by Gen Hoshino from Pop Virus, 2018
• "Nothing", by God Forbid from Determination, 2001
• "Nothing", by Hi-Standard from Making the Road, 1989
• "Nothing", by Holden & Thompson, 2006
• "Nothing", by Into Eternity from The Scattering of Ashes, 2002
• "Nothing", by Jeremy Camp from Stay, 2008
• "Nothing", by Misery Signals from Controller, 2008
• "Nothing", by Modestep and Virtual Riot, 2019
• "Nothing", by Negative Approach from Tied Down, 1983
• "Nothing", by Norther from Death Unlimited, 2004
• "Nothing", by Obscura from Retribution, 2006
• "Nothing", by Pain from Dancing with the Dead, 2005
• "Nothing", by Papa Roach from Crooked Teeth, 2017
• "Nothing", by Paul Weller from 66, 2024
• "Nothing", by Phish from Undermind, 2004
• "Nothing", by Poppy from Negative Spaces, 2024
• "Nothin'", by Toni Braxton from Spell My Name, 2020
• "Nothin'", by Townes Van Zandt from Delta Momma Blues, 1970
• "Nothing", by Saliva from Under Your Skin, 2011
• "Nothing", by Stabbing Westward from Ungod, 1994
• "Nothing", by Velocity Girl from Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts, 1996
• "Nothing", by Zara Larsson from Venus, 2024
• "Nothing (The Rat)", by Code Orange from Love Is Love/Return to Dust, 2012
• "Nothing (Why)", by Dope from Life, 2001
• "Nothing, Parts 1-24", an early title for the Pink Floyd song "Echoes", 1971
• "Nothin' Song", by Alice in Chains from Alice in Chains, 1995
• "The Nothing", by Eighteen Visions from Until the Ink Runs Out, 2000
• "The Nothing", by Kid Cudi from Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven, 2015
• "The Nothing", by Skycamefalling from 10.21, 2000

Other

• Nothing (company), consumer electronics manufacturer with headquarter in London, UK
• Nothing (film), a 2003 Canadian film directed by Vincenzo Natali
• Nothing, Arizona, an unincorporated (now abandoned) settlement in Mohave County, Arizona, U.S.
• n0thing, a professional American Counter-Strike player
• The Nothing, a character from Fortnite Battle Royale
• Not-Things, characters from the Doctor Who special "Wild Blue Yonder"

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Nothing
• All pages with titles containing Nothing
• Nihilism, a philosophical concept
• None (disambiguation)
• Null (disambiguation)
• Void (disambiguation)
• Zero (disambiguation)