Names for the number 0 in English Names for the number 0 in English Zero is the usual name for the number 0 in English. In British English "nought" is also used. In American English "naught" is used occasionally for zero, but as with British English, "naught" is more often used as an archaic word for nothing. "Nil", "love", and "duck" are used by different sports for scores of zero. It is quite common in English to describe decades with a plural of the first year of the decade for example "the nineties" which can be written as "the 90s". There was a debate on what to
Zero-player game beyond human capabilities. Solutions for even more complex games, such as chess or Go must exist (as per Zermelo's theorem) but they have yet to be computed. Zero-player game A zero-player game or no-player game is a game that has no sentient players. In computer games, the term refers to programs that use artificial intelligence rather than human players. The term can also refer to games of pure chance, such as bunco, in which participants cannot take any action or make any decision that meaningfully alters the outcome. Conway's Game of Life, a cellular automaton devised in 1970 by the