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Zeta (uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; Greek: ζήτα, classical [ˈdzɛːta] or [ˈzdɛːta] zḗta, Modern Greek: [ˈzita] zíta) is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Zayin . Letters that arose from zeta include the Roman Z and Cyrillic З.
Unlike the other Greek letters, this letter did not take its name from the Phoenician letter from which it was derived; it was given a new name on the pattern of beta, eta and theta.
The word zeta is the ancestor of zed (UK) or zee (US), the name of the Latin letter Z. However, many Roman languages (such as Italian and Spanish) and Scandinavian languages do not distinguish between the greek and Roman forms of the letter; “zeta” is used to refer to the Roman letter Z as well as the Greek letter.
The letter ζ represents the voiced alveolar fricative /z/ in Modern Greek.
The sound represented by zeta in Classical Greek is disputed. See Ancient Greek phonology and…

Magnussoft ZETA

Magnussoft ZETA, previously yellowTAB ZETA, was an operating system formerly developed by yellowTAB of Germany based on the BeOS operating…