Why ring with only even numbers is not an integral domain?

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Let $S$ be a set of all even integers. According to my text book, $(S,+,\cdot)$ is a ring which is not an integral domain. It is stated as a fact without an explanation and I fail to see the reason for this.

Why the ring from above is not an integral domain?

EDIT: It can't be because of the lack of $1$ element. In the next example, $(Z,+,\cdot)$ (where $Z$ is the whole set of integers) is stated to be an integral domain.

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I suspect that your book's definition of integral domain requires a multiplicative identity element, which $(S,+,\cdot)$ does not have.