【数】有效零。
a symbol or piece of text used in a mathematical expression or in an instruction in a computer program to denote a missing quantity or operator
占位符号。
【语言学】 占位成分,形式主语,形式宾语(句法规则要求,但又没有语义信息的句子成分,例如: it is a pity that she left一句中的主语it,that she left才是真正的主语)。