A way of saying the letter "Z"; considered by many to be a more precise way of expressing that letter "Z"; prevents others from confusing "Z" with "E", "P", etc.
Zed is the name assumed by a robot in the episode Unlikely Alloys in the animated television series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, voiced by Charlie Adler. Zed began existence as Dr. Lieter Greenbox's micro-brain repair unit.
ZED was a sludge/groove metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Very little is known of the band to date besides the fact that they broke up in the Spring/Summer of 1999 after completing their last tour that year.