Mich's original statement:
Fred:zero is the computer fairy
Me:Zero is just a story your parents tell you when you're younger.
Alea:Zero is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant. He is 5.5 metres (18 feet) tall and weighs 1,700 kilograms (3,800 pounds). Zero is related to deer and cattle, but is placed in a separate family, the Zerodae, consisting only of Zero.
I think zero is an advanced computer program.
A few other possibilities:
Zero was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. As a cultural movement, Zero encompassed a revival of learning based on classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform.
Zero is a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788.
So, who the eff is Zero?