Paul Reeves wrote:

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> ...
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> In fact the name is based on British-English pronunciation rules and is
> spoken as it is written. Hence Ze bed ee and not Zee Bee Dee.
>
> The name Zebedee is almost certainly derived from a famous British
> television programme for children called The Magic Roundabout.
>
> Paul

From the web site http://www.winton.org.uk/zebedee/manual.html

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What's in a name?

In case you were wondering, or even if you weren't, Zebedee is named after
its three main components:
* Zlib compression
* Blowfish encryption and
* Diffie-Hellman key agreement.

So now you know!
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Aage J.