ZERO

1. Zero:- Where would we be if the zero was not inventied? No calculus, no maths nerds scratching their heads silly trying to crack a theorem...Around 650 AD Brahmagupta was the first to use the Zero. The Arab mathematicians lathed on to it and then it and then it moved to Italy.By the 1600s it was integrated into the European Universe.
2.  Zero Sum Game :- A Game theory concept, " zero sum game " is frequently used in discussions related to business and strategy . What it means is that in a two -player game . what one gains is equal to what the other loses. Tally the gains and losses and the result will be zero . Options and futures contracts are zero sum games.
3. Zero gravity :-  It means absence of gravity but that is not really true. There is gravity everywhere inthe universe, otherwise planets and satellites would just fly off. A spaceship is falling towards the Earth ,but this is counteracted by its movement forward . Like the the craft, the crew inside the cragft is also falling ( similar to sky diving ) and thus the floating inside the craft.
4. Ground Zero:- Post - September 11 attacks, Ground Zero is the area where the would Trade Center stood. Rebuilding the site is in progress and will include offices, a memorial and museum among other buildings . However, the term originally meants the epicentre of a calamity this would include sites in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Where A-bombs were dropped.
5. Project zero:- Started in 1967, Project zero is a resarch group at Harvard University and was founded by philosopher Nelson Good-man.The focus of research is education - across all ages and disciplines. Studies have been conducted in subjects as diverse as use of computers as teaching machines to investigating figurative  language skills among child.
6.  Zero Hours:- A parliamentary term, thought it was coined by the media in the 1960s. It usually starts at around noon, after Question Hour, and is the period when MPs can ask unlisted questions. The US gurudwara killings,Befores, friction between Indian army officers and jawans have all been raised during Zero Hour.
7. Ziro:- Situated bang in the middle  of the most amazing scenery, is surrounded by greenery .Home to the Apatani people , the town is famous for rearing fish in paddy fields . It is at the centre of various festivals , including a music one , Dree, Murung and Myoko .Hills,pine forests , rivers... Ziro is an ecological hostpot and lies 150 km east of Itanagar , capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
8. Sub zero:- A character from the video game series, he is one of the earliest to appear in Mortal Kombat . There are actually two incatnations, both brothers. Well versed in shotokan, Sub-Zero is a stern man , always willing to help the main heroes in the series.
9. Zero Motorcycles :- An American manufacturer of electric motercycles,Zero is famous for its dirty and dual sportsbikes. Last month motorcycle.com awarded Zero the  silver medal in the e-bikes category.
10. Zero Dark Thirty :- Oscar -winner Kathryn Bigelow's thriller, Zero Dark Thirty is a film in the hunt for Osama bin  Laden. The $30-mn film is likely to be released in December this year . But the trailer, released last month ,has  come under flak from Republicans, who described it as a propaganda film for Obama.
11. Size Zero:- Think Ksreena Kapoor , Keira Knightley ,Rihanna... the trend among celebrities to become reed thin. It started sometime in mid-2000s when skinny models became a common sight on catwalks. The term originates from the clothing size, whch a woman with a 30-22-32 inch figure can fit into.
12. Absolute zero:- A thermodynamic concept measured in the kelvin scale that corresponds to-273.15C or -459.67F . How cold or hot an object is depends upon how fast its molecules and atoms ate moving -the faster the movement, the hotter the object . According to the laws of thermodynamics, all oscillations can come to a stop at a particular temperature -and that point is called Absolute Zero.
13. Zero/ Limit Zero:- The quarter from Dadar was considered by many to be the Indian rock band in the Bombay boys split after only three  albums. The one-album-old Limit Zero is one of the most exciting metal band from Bangalore.
14. Year Zero/ Love Minus Zero:- Nine Inch Nails' fifth studio album year Zero is a rather dystopian view of the furure . Listen to it s NIN continues to be an important contemporary  voice." Love Minus Zero", one of Bob Dylan finest ,is from the albumb Bringing it All Back Home . Full of allusions , this love song like so many others is as enigmatic as it gets.