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I prefer "zeroes" because "zeros" resembles the Greek singular and seems to invoke the pronunciation ZEH-ross, and I'm not the only one. Oxford explains their pluralization rules including an appearance of zeros, here: Oxford Dictionaries: Plurals of Nouns.

In sum:

  1. Usually add -s (solos, zeros).
  2. If vowel+o, add -s (studios, zoos).
  3. Some words take -oes (buffaloes, dominoes).
  4. Other words can take -os or -oes (banjos/banjoes, cargos/cargoes).

At this point I am beginning to sympathize with Dan Quayle and his potatoe incident!

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