zed \zed\, n. f., probably through it. zeta, fr. l. zeta. see
   zeta.
   the letter z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard.
   "zed, thou unnecessary letter" --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
zeta z zee izzard 

zed
     n : the 26th letter of the roman alphabet; "the british call z
         zed and the scots call it ezed but americans call it
         zee"; "he doesn't know a from izzard" syn: z, zee, ezed,
          izzard
see also:
z zee ezed izzard 

zed
     
        1978.  software portability group, u waterloo.  eh, with
        types added.  similar to c.  implementation language for the
        thoth realtime operating system.  added a few simple types
        for greater efficiency on byte-addressed machines.  string
        constants in case statements.  enforces the naming convention:
        manifests, externals and locals.  "porting the zed compiler",
        g.b. bonkowski et al, sigplan notices 148:92-97 aug 1979.
     
     
see also:
eh c thoth