ZONE

The word 'Zone' (from Greek ζωνη) originally meant a belt, worn in various forms by ancient Greek men and women, as in the Orthodox priestly Zone (vestment). In Classical Antiquity, this was also extended to cover the idea of dividing the earth into latitudinal belts or Climes. Now the word may refer to a general region or domain in many contexts, including:

★ Zone (BS), a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy

★ Zone defense, in basketball

★ Zoning, in urban planning

★ Plant hardiness zone, in gardening and other agriculture, tells people how the climate in their area affects plants. A gardener will tend to refer to this simply as, for example, "Zone 6", with the number changing according to his location.

★ DVD region code

★ DNS zone, a portion of the namespace in the Domain Name System

★ Zone diet, a diet that involves precise proportions by weight of protein, fat and carbohydrate

★ Erogenous zone, an area on the body which is sexually stimulating

★ Zone system, a method of taking black-and-white pictures

★ Fibre Channel zoning, a method for facilitating low interference and high security in computer data storage systems

★ ZONE, an all-female J-pop group.

★ MSN Games, once known by its domain name, Zone.com, is an online video game site created by Microsoft.

★ The zone, a mental state in which the person is fully immersed in some activity.

★ A 'thermal zone', or just zone, in heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC)

★ One of five 'geographical zones' of the earth, being the tropical or torrid zone, the north and south temperate zones, and the north and south frigid zones.

★ Zone Records, a record label.

★ Level names on early Sonic the Hedgehog games.

★ Zone, a three-act drama by Marcel Dubé.

★ ''The zone'' (''die (Ost)Zone'' in German) deragotary for German Democratic Republic.