Большой англо-русский словарь:
zed
имя существительное
зет, название буквы Z
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
zed
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French
zede, from Late Latin
zeta zeta, from Greek
zēta
Date: 13th century
chiefly British the letter
z
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing:
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 14(8):92-97 (Aug 1979).