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Listings of words important in the understanding of [[Nine Inch Nails]].
A glossary of terms related to the world of ''[[Year Zero]]'' can be found [[Year Zero Glossary|here]].
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==#==
===[[Ghosts_I-IV#Ghosts_IV|28 Ghosts IV - 36 Ghosts IV]]===
The nine tracks that comprise the fourth volume of the instrumental album '''''[[Ghosts I-IV]]'''''.
 
===[[105th Airborne Crusaders]]===
A military unit formed in the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]].''''' The unit seems to have formed after the bio-terrorism attack in Los Angeles that is described in the '''[[Hollywood in Memoriam]]''' website. Members of the unit seem to all share a deep belief in Christianity, and use their faith as motivation in the war.
 
===[[12163331810|1 (216) 333-1810]]===
A telephone number from the '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' promotion. When the number is called, it plays back an audio recording of case number 71839j from '''[[U.S. Wiretap]]''' website. The recording is of a female who gets trapped in a nightclub when a person infected with '''[[Glossary#Red Horse|Red Horse]]''' comes in.
 
===[[13102951040|1 (310) 295-1040]]===
A telephone number from the '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' promotion. Upon calling the number, a recording is played of a newsreader, a man making comments on the events explained by the newsreader, and a clip of '''"[[Survivalism (song)|Survivalism]]."'''
 
===[[18664456580|1 (866) 445-6580]]===
A telephone number from the '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' promotion. This phone number is found on a sticker on the back of the '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' album. The number leads to a recording from the '''[[US Bureau of Morality]]''' telling the caller that by purchasing the album, they have been flagged as Anti-American.
 
===[[Numbers|24.x.y]]===
A numbering system found with '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' promotional items. See '''[[Numbers]]''' article for specific information.
==A==
===[[Adrift And At Peace]]===
The second track off of the album '''''[[Still]].''''' No other versions of this track are currently available.
 
===AIR===
Abbreviation for '''[[Glossary#Art Is Resistance|Art Is Resistance]].'''
===[[All The Love In The World]]===
*'''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|Release]]:''' A CD/DVD/VHS album of '''[[NIN|NIN's]]''' live performances during the''' [[Fragility|Fragility 2.0]]''' tour.
*'''[[And All That Could Have Been (song)|Song]]:''' The seventh track on '''''[[Still]].''''' There are currently no other versions of this track.
 
===[[Angry Sniper]]===
A fictional character from the world of '''''[[Year Zero]].''''' A predominant character, he's featured in the [[BallgameOver.mp3]] as well as on the [[Consolidated Mail Systems]] website. He also appears to be the one running the '''[[Be the Hammer]]''' site.
===Annie===
===[[Bauhaus]]===
A rock band whom co-headlined with '''[[Nine Inch Nails]]''' during their '''[[With Teeth: Summer Amphitheater Tour|Summer Amphitheatre Tour]].''' Lead Singer '''[[Peter Murphy]]''' collaborated with '''[[Trent Reznor]]''' for several special radio appearances. See the Wikipedia entry of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus_%28band%29 Bauhaus] for more details.
 
===[[Be The Hammer]]===
Website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]].''''' The site seems to be created by a former soldier, and suggests violence as means of resistance against the government.
===[[The Becoming|Becoming, The]]===
===[[Big Man With A Gun]]===
The ninth track off the album '''''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].''''' There are currently no other versions of this track.
 
===[[Blue pills]]===
A type of medication given to soldiers in the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]].''''' These pills are said to help re-introduce the aggression that is killed by '''[[Parepin]].''' Unlike '''[[Red pills]],''' which are given only to "special" soldiers, these pills are given to all soldiers.
===[[David Bowie|Bowie, David]]===
A famous musician who '''[[Trent Reznor]]''' was not only influenced by, but has worked with on many occasions. He was also a co-headliner with '''[[NIN]]''' for the '''[[Dissonance]]''' tour.
 
===[[Brian Tsunoda]]===
Website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]].''''' The website seems to be an early research paper abstract about the '''[[The Presence]].''' The paper appears to have three authors, one who's name is Brian Tsunoda.
===[[Broken]]===
===Capital G===
*'''[[Capital G (halo)|Release]]:''' A single released from the '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' album.
*'''[[Capital G (song)|Song]]:''' The seventh track off of '''''[[Year Zero]].'''''A remix of it exists on '''''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'''''.
===[[Alex Carapetis|Carapetis, Alex]]===
Drummer for '''[[NIN]]''' during some of the 2005 tour dates.
 
===[[Cedocore]]===
Website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]].'''''
 
===[[Church of Plano]]===
Website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]].'''''
===[[Closer]]===
===[[Complication]]===
The seventh track off of the right disk of '''''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].'''''
 
===[[Consolidated Mail Systems]]===
Website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]].'''''
 
===[[Copper]]===
In the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]],''''' '''Copper''' is used in the vaccine to prevent infection by the '''[[Glossary#Red Horse|Red Horse]]''' virus.
===[[Corona Radiata]]===
===[[Echoplex]]===
The fifth track on '''''[[The Slip]]'''''. A version of this song appears on the bonus DVD of the physical edition of '''''[[The Slip]]'''''.
 
===[[Elliot R Carraig]]===
A character from the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. Elliot is first mentioned on the '''[[Exterminal]]''' website as a member of a resistance group called, '''[[The Spiders]]'''.
===Erased, Over, Out===
*'''[[Every Day Is Exactly The Same (halo)|Release]]''' - Also known as '''[[Glossary#Halo|Halo]]''' 21.
*'''[[Every Day Is Exactly The Same (song)|Song]]''' - The sixth track off of '''''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'''''. Versions of this track can also be found on '''''[[Every Day Is Exactly The Same (halo)|Every Day Is Exactly The Same]]'''''.
 
===[[Exhibit 24]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The website is dossier of evidence against a classified individual, who is speculated to be '''[[Trent Reznor]]'''. In addition, the site lists usernames of members from both '''[[The Spiral]]''' and '''[[Echoing The Sound]]''' as a part of '''The Resistance Network'''.
 
===[[Exterminal]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. It is a database of the inmates in Extrajudiciary Federal Detainment Camp in Guam. Included are many references to the actions various individuals and groups, providing a broader understanding of how people are fighting for their freedoms in ''Year Zero''.
===[[Josh Eustis|Eustis, Josh]]===
===[[The Frail|Frail, The]]===
The third track from the left disc of '''''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'''''. Versions of this song appear on '''''[[Things Falling Apart]]''''' as well as '''''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'''''.
 
===[[Free Rebel Art]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The website is akin to the '''[[Art Is Resistance]]''' website in that it preaches non-violent resistance. However, further research of the website reveals more.
===[[Josh Freese|Freese, Josh]]===
===[[The Good Soldier|Good Soldier, The]]===
The fourth track from '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. A version of this song appears on the vinyl edition of '''''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'''''.
 
===[[Grace The Teacher]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The website features the journal of the fictional character, Jeremiah Snow.
===[[The Great Below|Great Below, The]]===
===HLAH===
Abbreviation for '''[[Glossary#Head Like A Hole|Head Like A Hole]]'''.
 
===[[Hollywood in Memoriam]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The website is a memorial for the victims of what appears to be a terrorist attack on the 81st Annual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award Academy Awards].
===[[Home]]===
An exclusive track off of the vinyl version and some international versions of '''''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'''''. There are no other versions of this track on any other '''[[Glossary#Halo|Halos]]'''.
 
===[[Hour of Arrival]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. This website is a letter from a fictional character by the name of Doug to his unborn child.
===How To Destroy Angels===
===[[I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally]]===
The eighth track off of the right disk of '''''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'''''. There are no other versions of this track on any other '''[[Glossary#Halo|Halos]]'''.
 
===[[I Am Trying To Believe]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The content of the website centers around a (fictional) drug called '''[[Parepin]]'''.
===[[I Do Not Want This]]===
===JLYI===
Abbreviation for '''[[Glossary#Just Like You Imagined|Just Like You Imagined]]'''.
 
===[[John Ferminger]]===
A fictional character from the world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. Mentioned in the website '''[[The Water Turned To Blood]]''', John later took on the name of "John of Boston" after being in a traffic accident when water turned to blood under the bridge he was traveling on.
 
===[[Judson Ogram Correctional Facility]]===
A correctional facility from the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. This place is mentioned in from the website '''[[The Water Turned To Blood]]''' and is where '''[[John Ferminger|"John of Boston"]]''' is being kept.
===[[Just Like You Imagined]]===
==M==
===[[The Mailstrom]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The Mailstrom is a server-hopping program designed to catch emails as they are transmitted to the '''[[Consolidated Mail Systems]]''', a government controlled central e-mail server for all e-mail content on the Internet. This helps provide insight into the lives of people living in world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''.
 
===[[John A. Malm, Jr.|Malm, John A., Jr.]]===
'''[[Trent Reznor|Trent Reznor's]]''' former manager and co-founder of '''[[Nothing Records]]'''. He was involved in a legal clash with Reznor in 2005, which ended with him paying Reznor $2.95 million.
===[[Me, I'm Not]]===
The sixth track off of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. This track was originally "leaked" for the promotion of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. There are no other versions A remix of this track currentlyit exists on '''''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'''''.
===[[The Meathead Perspective]]===
===[[Metal]]===
The eighth track off of '''''[[Things Falling Apart]]'''''. The track is a cover of the '''[[Gary Numan]]''' song from his album, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pleasure_Principle_(album) The Pleasure Principle]''.
 
===[[Mining For Life]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The website is for the fictional company of Anglo-Johnson Ltd., which seems to operate not only mining for platinum in South Africa, but also encourages organ and skin donation.
===[[Alan Moulder|Moulder, Alan]]===
===[[My Violent Heart]]===
The eighth track off of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. This track was originally "leaked" as part of the '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' promotion. The "leaked" version had the ending, which when played through a linear spectrometer, revealed '''[[The Presence]]'''. On the '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' album, however, that ending is on the track, "'''[[The Warning (Year Zero song)|The Warning]]'''". There are currently no other versions A remix of this trackit exists on '''''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'''''.
==N==
===[[Related bands and artists#nearLY|nearLY]]===
Music project/band created by former '''[[NIN]]''' member, '''[[Jerome Dillon]]'''.
 
===[[Neil Czerno]]===
Founder of '''[[Open Source Resistance]]''', Neil is a nonviolent activist and an '''[[Year Zero Individuals|important person]]''' in the world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''.
 
===[[Nerochip]]===
An item from the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. This item is a tiny red device, initially implanted in the right wrist of all convicts of violent crimes, which traces the whereabouts of the person who carries it.
===[[The New Flesh|New Flesh, The]]===
===[[Dave “Rave” Ogilvie|Ogilvie, Dave]]===
A producer and musician whom has collaborated with not only '''[[NIN]]''', but other bands. Dave has been known to also collaborate with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54-40 54-40], '''[[David Bowie]]''', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakalope Jakalope], '''[[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]''', '''[[Skinny Puppy]]''', and '''[[Tool]]'''.
 
===[[One Country At A Time]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The website jumps between the narrative of teenager and a comic strip of soldiers in Syria.
===Only===
===[[The Only Time|Only Time, The]]===
The ninth track from '''''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'''''. A version of this song appears on '''''[[Closure]]'''''.
 
===[[Opal]]===
A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_substances|controlled substance] from the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. Due to '''[[Year Zero Research/Global Warming|global warming]]''', the coca leaves used to make [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine cocaine] rot too quickly to use. Opal has taken the place of the dwindling cocaine supply.
 
===[[Opalescent Haze]]===
A website that appeared a few days prior to the release of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The site was originally thought to be one of the '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' websites, but was quickly revealed to be a fake.
 
===[[Open Source Resistance]]===
A website created as part of the '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' experience, but not set in the fiction world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The website encourages people to submit works that will help awareness of the issues which could lead to a world like that in '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''.
 
===[[Operation Chip Sweep]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The website seems to be a part of some kind of news organization, and talks about the '''[[Nerochip]]''' in Great Briton.
 
===[[Operation Swamp 0000]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. This site appears to have been constructed by one of the "chip-pullers" mentioned on '''[[Operation Chip Sweep]]'''. It contains detailed instructions, complete with photographs, on safe removal of a '''[[nerochip]]''' from one's own body.
 
===OSR===
Short for '''[[Glossary#Open Source Resistance|Open Source Resistance]]'''.
==P==
===[[Parepin]]===
A drug from the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. This drug is put into the water supply in the United States to help combat biological terrorism. Although, opponents of the drug claim that its use is to change [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin serotonin] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine dopamine] levels to keep the population sedated and easy to manipulate.
 
===[[Richard Patrick|Patrick, Richard]]===
A former guitarist for '''[[NIN]]''', and founder of the band '''[[Related bands and artists#Filter|Filter]]'''. Recently, he has been linked to the band, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Anyone Army of Anyone] as the lead singer.
===[[The Persistence Of Loss|Persistence Of Loss, The]]===
The eighth track from '''''[[Still]]'''''. No other versions of this song appear on any halos.
 
===[[Philomela]]===
A character from the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. She is a member of the '''[[Another Version of the Truth (website)|Another Version Of The Truth]]''' Forums. She claims to be partially responsible for the death of a local man that was reported in the papers.
===[[Physical]]===
===[[Pilgrimage]]===
The ninth track on the left disc of '''''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'''''. There are currently no other versions of this track.
 
===[[Pilgrims]]===
A group from the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The goal of the group is to send information back in time to the year 2007 in order to stop the world of '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' from happening.
===[[Pinion]]===
===Ramirez, Twiggy===
The stage name used by '''[[Jeordie White]]''' when he played in the band '''[[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'''.
 
===Red Horse===
A virus in the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. Victims of this virus are prone to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide homicidal] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis psychosis] and massive [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemorrhage hemorrhaging] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachrymal_gland lachrymal ducts], ears anus, and urethra. The virus is highly contagious and may spread via airborne means. The mortality rate is 100% within 48 hours. See [http://www.redhorsevector.net/ Redhorsevector.net] for more details.
 
===[[Red Horse Vector]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. This website talks about the [[Glossary#Red Horse|Red Horse]] virus, an Ebola like virus which is less likely to fail due to climate conditions. There's information on symptoms, development, and also the development of a vaccine. It's also revealed through a video that this was the virus used to kill Jed Mather, the American diplomat, in Algeria.
 
===[[Red pills]]===
The nickname given to a type of drug in the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The pills are suppose to be given to soldiers to to reintroduce the aggression killed by [[Parepin]].
===[[Remix.nin.com]]===
==S==
===SBI===
Acronym for [[Glossary#Secure Broadcast Informatics|Secure Broadcast Informatics]].
 
===SICNH===
Acronym for '''"[[Glossary#Something I Can Never Have|Something I Can Never Have]]"'''.
===Screaming Slave===
The sixth track off of '''''[[Fixed]]'''''. This track is a remix of "'''[[Happiness In Slavery (song)|Happiness In Slavery]]'''".
 
===[[Secure Broadcast Informatics]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The site appears to be for a communications company. But, there seems to be some peices of a puzzle scattered around the main site. Once the puzzle is put together, a password may be entered.
===[[Halo_numbers#Seeds|Seed]]===
===Self Destruction, Part Three===
The third track off of the UK edition of '''''[[Further Down The Spiral]]'''''. This track is a remix of the song, '''"[[Mr. Self Destruct]]"'''.
 
===Shards===
See [[Wreckages]].
===[[Rob Sheridan|Sheridan, Rob]]===
===[[The Social Network Soundtrack]]===
The soundtrack for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher David Fincher] film, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network The Social Network]''. The soundtrack was scored by '''[[Trent Reznor]]''' and '''[[Atticus Ross]]'''.
 
===[[Solutions Backwards Initiative]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. This website is linked to the [[Secure Broadcast Informatics]] website, and seems to have been created by a group of individuals called, [[Pilgrims]].
===[[Something I Can Never Have]]===
===[[Squires Of Dimness]]===
A web comic drawn by Anne Tai that revolves around the daily routines of '''[[Aaron North]]''', '''[[Jeordie White]]''', '''[[Alessandro Cortini]]''' and '''[[Jerome Dillon]]'''. While '''[[Trent Reznor]]''' is mentioned several times during the comic, he is never shown.
 
===[[Year Zero Research#Star Chamber|Star Chamber]]===
According to [[U.S. Wiretap]], Star Chamber was an underground club that participated in anti-government activity which suffered an attack from the [[Glossary#Red Horse|Red Horse]] virus.
===Starfuckers, Inc.===
===TPD===
Acronym for '''[[Glossary#The Perfect Drug|The Perfect Drug]]'''.
 
===[[Travis Woodgate]]===
A character from the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. Travis is first mentioned on the [[Exterminal]] website as a member of a resistance group called, [[The Spiders]].
===[[TVT Records]]===
==U==
===[[U.S. Wiretap]]===
A website created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The website contains the case number 71839j, which is the transcript of an agent from the [[US Bureau of Morality]] interviewing a police officer about the incident at the [[Year Zero Research#Star Chamber|Star Chamber]].
 
===[[US Bureau of Morality|U.S. Bureau of Morality]]===
A government agency created for the fictional world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. The agency seems to be the most powerful force in the United States, overseeing everything from media to family planning.
 
===[[Underneath It All]]===
The tenth track off of the right disc of '''''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'''''. There are currently no other versions of this track.
===[[Vessel]]===
The fifth track off of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. Other version can be found in '''''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'''''. ===[[Viability Index]]===A website created for the fictional world remix of it exists on '''''[[Year ZeroY34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'''''. The website is a real estate guide. Showing cities affected by the "climate change," this site offers advice on how to sell your property in that area or whether or not to invest there.
===[[Chris Vrenna|Vrenna, Chris]]===
===[[James Woolley|Woolley, James]]===
Keyboard player for '''[[Nine Inch Nails]]''' from 1991 until late 1994.
 
===[[Wreckages]]===
Information given out in '''''[[Year Zero]]''''' promotional items that are used with the website [[The Mailstrom]]. Each one of these items opens a different part of the website that allows a look into the world of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''.
===[[The Wretched|Wretched, The]]===
==Z==
===[[Zero-Sum]]===
The sixteenth track off of '''''[[Year Zero]]'''''. There are two versions A remix of this trackit exists on '''''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'''''.
===[[Zoo Station]]===
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