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,
Zero to the power of zero Zero to the power of zero Zero to the power of zero, denoted by 0, is a mathematical expression with no agreed-upon value. The most common possibilities are 1 or leaving the expression undefined, with justifications existing for each, depending on context. In algebra, combinatorics, or set theory, the generally agreed upon value is 0 = 1, whereas in mathematical analysis, the expression is generally left undefined. Computer programs also have differing ways of handling this expression. There are many widely used formulas having terms involving natural-number exponents that require 0 to be evaluated to 1. For example, regarding "b"