Zero Administration Initiative for Windows — An initiative to establish a management infrastructure in Microsoft Windows that will allow managers to automate processes and more effectively exercise centralized management

Zone — In the Macintosh environment, a zone is a logical grouping which simplifies browsing the network for resources, such as servers and printers. It is similar to a domain in Windows NT Server networking. In a DNS (Domain Name System) database, a zone is a subtree of the DNS database that is administered as a single separate entity, a DNS name server. This administrative unit can consist of a single domain or a domain with subdomains. A DNS zone administrator sets up one or more name servers for the zone. See also DNS; domain.

Zone list — In the Macintosh environment, a zone list includes all of the zones associated with a particular network. Not to be confused with Windows NT DNS zones