Zone, Zones or The Zone may refer to:

Places

Military zones

* Zone, any of the divisions of France during the World War II German occupation * Zone, any of the divisions of Germany during the post-World War II Allied occupation *

Korean Demilitarized Zone The Korean Demilitarized Zone () is a heavily militarized strip of land running across the Korea, Korean Peninsula near the 38th parallel north. The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier that divides the peninsula roughly in half. It wa ...

Place names

* Zone (colony) (Ζώνη), an ancient Greek city * Zone, Lombardy, a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia *

Zones of Nepal Until the establishment of seven new provinces in 2015, Nepal was divided into 14 administrative zones ( Nepali: अञ्चल; ''anchal'') and 77 districts ( Nepali: जिल्ला; ''jillā''). The 14 administrative zones were grouped ...

, any of several administrative divisions *

Administrative divisions of India The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India; they are composed of a nested hierarchy of administrative divisions. Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level ...

, known as Zones *

Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone The Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP), also known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, originally Free Capitol Hill, later the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), was an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone in the Capit ...

("The Zone") a June/July 2020 occupation protest site in Seattle, Washington *

List of zones of Ethiopia The Regions of Ethiopia, regions of Ethiopia are administratively divided into 62 zones (, ''zonə''), (). The exact number of zones is unclear, as the names and number of zones given in documents by Ethiopia's Central Statistical Agency (Ethio ...

, any of several administrative divisions * The Zone (''die Zone'' in German), a derogatory term for the former

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

Zone of alienation The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, also called the 30-Kilometre Zone or simply The Zone, was established shortly after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. Initially, Soviet authorities declar ...

("The Zone"), the exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl disaster site

Apparel

Zone (vestment) The zone ( ''zōnē'', from ζώννυμι ''zōnnȳmi'', "I gird") is a form of girdle or belt common in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean. In ancient Greece, the zone was traditionally worn by women. In ancient Greece Cultural significance ...

, a belt worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church * Zone, a

girdle A belt without a buckle, especially if a cord or rope, is called a girdle in various contexts, especially historical ones, where girdles were a very common part of everyday clothing from antiquity until perhaps the 15th century, especially for w ...

worn by a woman around the waist

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''The Zone'' (2003 film), a Swedish short documentary * ''The Zone'' (2011 film), an American thriller *'' Transformers: Zone'', a 1990 original video animation

Games

* Zone (video games), an area within a virtual environment * Zone.com, alternate name for

MSN Games MSN Games (also known as Zone.com and formerly known as The Village, Internet Gaming Zone, MSN Gaming Zone, and MSN Games by Zone.com) is a casual gaming website, with single player, multiplayer, PC download, and social casino video games. Games ...

* Zones, level names in early ''

Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battle ...

'' games

Literature

* ''Zone'' (magazine), a former Argentina-based forum for international poetry and prose * ''Zone'' (play), a 1953 French language play by Canadian Marcel Dubé * ''Zones'' (novel), 1997, by Damien Broderick and Rorey Barns * "Zone", a poem by

Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (; ; born Kostrowicki; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist and art critic of Poland, Polish descent. Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the ...

Music

Groups and labels

Zone (band) was an all-female rock band started in Sapporo, Japan, in 1997. It started as a dance group and turned into an all-female band. Zone has been categorized in a new genre called "bandol" (a portmanteau of the words "band" and " idol"). The ...

, an all-female J-pop group *

Zones (band) Zones were a Scottish power pop and new wave band founded in late 1977, following the demise of PVC2 (formerly the bubbleglam and soft rock band Slik). Career PVC2 consisted of Midge Ure (future Ultravox frontman) on guitar and vocals, ...

, a British punk band *

Zone Records DJ Icey, (born Eddie Pappa), is an American DJ, electronic music producer, and remixer, credited by Allmusic as having helped to "jump-start the increasingly fertile dance scene in and around Orlando, FL, during the '90s." ''E, the Incredibly S ...

, a record label

Albums

Zone (Southern Sons album) Southern Sons is an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of t ...

, 1996 *

Zone (TVXQ album) ''Zone'' is the eleventh Japanese studio album by South Korean pop duo Tohoshinki, released on November 6, 2024, by Avex Trax. The album was released to commemorate the duo's twentieth debut anniversary in Japan, which falls on April 27, 2025. T ...

, 2024 * ''The Zone'' (Enter Shikari album), 2007 *

The Zone (Paul Rutherford, Torsten Müller, and Harris Eisenstadt album) ''The Zone'' is a live album by trombonist Paul Rutherford, bassist Torsten Müller, and drummer Harris Eisenstadt. It was recorded on January 21, 2006, at the Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was released later that year b ...

, 2006 * ''Zones'' (album), 1983, by Hawkwind * ''Zone'' (EP), 2023, by Jihyo

Songs

* "The Zone" (song), 2011, by The Weeknd * "Zone", a 1976 single by The Rhythm Makers * "Zone", a 2019 single by Arizona Zervas *"Zone", a bonus track on the 2017 album ''

Floral Shoppe is the ninth studio album by the American electronic musician Ramona Andra Langley under the alias Macintosh Plus, released on December 9, 2011, by the independent record label Beer on the Rug. It was one of the first releases of the 2010s m ...

'' by Macintosh Plus

Television

* ''The Zone'' (Australian TV program), a 1990s video games news and reviews show * ''The Zone'' (British game show), a 2007 interactive game show * The Zone (New Zealand TV channel) (2014–2017) * The Zone (ITV), a British teleshopping and interactive gaming TV channel * The Zone (YTV), a Canadian television programming block

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* 1280 The Zone, the branding of the American radio station

KZNS (AM) KZNS (1280 kHz, ''The KSL Sports Zone'') is an AM commercial radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah. It airs a Sports radio format and is owned by Jazz Communications LLC. Programming is simulcast on co-owned KZNS-FM 97.5, licensed to Coalville, ...

* The Zone, a fictional area in the 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky movie ''

Stalker Stalking is unwanted and/or repeated surveillance or contact by an individual or group toward another person. Stalking behaviors are interrelated to harassment and intimidation and may include following the victim in person or monitoring t ...

Computing

DNS zone A DNS zone is a specific portion of the DNS namespace in the Domain Name System (DNS), which a specific organization or administrator manages. A DNS zone is an administrative space allowing more granular control of the DNS components, such as ...

, a portion of a computer network namespace * Solaris Zones, a virtualization feature of the Solaris operating system * Zone, a region in

region-based memory management In computer science, region-based memory management is a type of memory management in which each allocated object is assigned to a region. A region, also called a partition, subpool, zone, arena, area, or memory context, is a collection of alloca ...

Science and technology

* Zone (convex polytope), in model checking, a type of difference bound matrix * Thermal zone, or just zone, in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (

HVAC Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC ) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an enclosed space. Its goal is to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality. ...

) *

Zone System The Zone System is a photographic technique for determining optimal film exposure and development, formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer. Adams described the Zone System as " ..not an invention of mine; it is a codification of the principle ...

, a photographic technique for determining optimal film exposure and development

Other uses

* Zone (surname) * Zone (guitar), a Fender bass guitar model * Zone, a short name for

DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique introduced in 1997. It is designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a DVD release, including its content, release date, and price, all according to t ...

* Zones (permaculture), a method of planning civil and agricultural placement *

Zone defense Zone defense is a type of defensive system, used in team sports, which is the alternative to man-to-man defense; instead of each player guarding a corresponding player on the other team, each defensive player is given an area (a zone) to cover. ...

, in team sports * Da share z0ne, a satirical social media account *

Flow (psychology) Flow in positive psychology, also known colloquially as being in the zone or locked in, is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized Attention, focus, full involvement, and enjoyment ...

, or "the zone", a mental state attained by a person fully immersed in some activity *

Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, Commerce, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between Country, countries and their Administrative division, subdivisions instead of ...

Zone pricing Geographical pricing, in marketing, is the practice of modifying a basic list price based on the geographical location of the buyer. It is intended to reflect the costs of shipping to different locations. There are several ways to apply the cost ...

, based on the location of the buyer *

Zoning In urban planning, zoning is a method in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into land-use "zones", each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones. Zones may be defined for ...

, in urban planning, a system of land-use regulation