0le

0le is a stylized spelling that uses the numeral 0 in place of the letter O. It is not a term with a single, formal definition in established reference works. Instead, 0le appears in online text and as a username or handle across various communities, with meanings that depend on context.

Because 0le derives from leetspeak, it shares the broader character of altered spellings that aim to be distinctive or opaque. In informal settings, it may function as a decorative variant of a word or as part of a personal identifier. When encountered in technical discussions, 0le is not a recognized acronym and typically carries no intrinsic meaning beyond the surrounding text; any intended meaning would come from the discussion itself.

In some usages, writers have drawn a visual connection between 0le and the acronym OLE (object linking and embedding) because of the similar shapes, but such associations are informal and context-dependent. The term does not appear in standard vocabularies or formal documentation in computing, linguistics, or typography.

Related topics include leetspeak, the OLE acronym in computing, and the study of online usernames and handles.