Names for the number 0 in English the first recorded usage of the word "love" to mean "no score" is by Hoyle in 1742 (OED, 2nd Edition). BBC Radio 5 Live has broadcast spin-off versions of its football phone-in 6-0-6 (""six-oh-six"") focused on cricket and tennis, branded as "6-Duck-6" and "6-Love-6" respectively, in the summer months during the soccer off-season. Another name for 0 that is used in sports is "nil". This is derived from the Latin word "nihil", which means "nothing". Although common in British English, in football results and the like, it is only used infrequently in U.S. English. The British "nil" is not slang,
Score (game) to use the term "high score" was Midway's "Sea Wolf" (1976). In these early video games, the player would attempt to reach a pre-determined high score within an allotted time period, after which they would win bonus playing time, since it was not possible to save the top score. Though the term "high score" was not used, the concept of reaching pre-determined scores to win bonus playing time was featured in earlier arcade video games such as Taito's racing game "Speed Race" (1974). The high score concept changed in 1978 with the release of Taito's shoot 'em up "Space Invaders",