Slot

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Slot may refer to:

A narrow opening through which an object can pass, for example in a:
- Mail slot
- Slot machine, a type of casino game
- Vending machine slot, a machine that dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, alcohol, cigarettes, lottery tickets to customers automatically, after the customer inserts currency or credit into the machine
- Special passive mechanical devices used for returning rental videos
Slot, a space for a container on a ship, usually expressed as a 20 ft (6.1 m) or 40 ft (12 m) slot
Slot (car racing), a slot in the track on which slot cars race in and are guided by
Slot (ice hockey), the area on the hockey rink directly ahead of the goaltender between the faceoff circles on each side
Orbital slot, allotted position for a satellite in a "crowded" orbit
Slot, slang term for the chief copy editor on a newspaper
Slot, a space within a formation during a game of American football; see Glossary of American football#S

Technology

Groove (engineering), a feature cut into a hard material to provide a location for another component
- Tongue and groove, widely used for re-entrant angles. The effect of wood shrinkage is concealed when the joint is beaded or otherwise moulded. In expensive cabinet work, glued dovetail and multiple tongue and groove are used
Slot (computer architecture), the operation issue and data path machinery associated with a single execute pipeline in a CPU
Edge connector, socket ("slot"), any type of female electrical connector for use with printed circuit boards having matching edge connectors
- Slot 1, the physical and electrical specification for the connector used by some of Intel's microprocessors
- Slot 2, the physical and electrical specification for the connector used by some of Intel's microprocessors
- Slot A, the physical and electrical specification for the edge-connector used by early versions of AMD's Athlon processor
Expansion slot, for expansion cards
Leading edge slot, an aerodynamic device used on fixed wing aircraft
Slot antenna, a directional antenna consisting of a slot in a piece of metal
Kensington Security Slot, small hole found on almost all recent small or portable computer and electronics equipment used for attaching a lock

Other

Dance slot, an imaginary narrow rectangle along which a follower moves back and forth with respect to the leader
Landing slot, right allocated to an airline by an airport or government agency to schedule a landing or departure at a specific time
Slot, the Danish and Dutch word for castle or fortified place, and can refer to several places, e.g.
- Egelund Slot, Kalø Slot, Marienlyst Slot, Nordborg Slot, Søborg Slot
- Muiderslot, Slot Heemstede, Slot Teylingen, Slot Zuylen
Dutch surname
- Arne Slot (born 1978), Dutch footballer
- Gerrie Slot (born 1954), Dutch cyclist
- Hanke Bruins Slot (born 1977), Dutch politician
- Margareta Slots (died 1669), Dutch-born mistress of Gustav II Adolf of Sweden
The Slot, a gay hotel and sex club in the South of Market district of San Francisco, in the 1970s and 1980s
"The Slot", a name for New Georgia Sound, used by the Tokyo Express to supply the Japanese garrison on Guadalcanal in World War II
SLOT as abbreviation in automobile technology means "Self-Load/Offload Trailer" Slot acronym
Slot (band), a Russian alternative/nu metal band
Slots, common Internet-slang for the popular Warcraft III video game modification, Defense of the Ancients
Slot canyon, a type of narrow canyon formed by the wear of water rushing through sandstone
Slot time, the time it takes for an electronic pulse to travel the length between two nodes
Abbreviation of St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band
U.S. Army, an alpha-numeric position title or billet for personnel manning designation on a table of organization and equipment (TO&E) or a table of distribution and allowance (TDA)

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