slot

groove of a shaft with toothed connections into which the details tooth of the connection enters, or a transverse groove intended for screwdrivers in the head of a screw

Slot, the slot or Slots may refer to:

People

Slot (surname) Jørgen Slots, a Danish-born periodontist in the US Margareta Slots (died 1669¹), Dutch-born mistress of Gustav II Adolf of Sweden

Arts, entertainment, and media

Slot (band), a Russian alternative/nu metal band St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band, a pipe band based in Dublin, Ireland (abbreviated "Slot") Dance slot, an imaginary narrow rectangle along which a follower moves back and forth with respect to the leader The Slot (TV series), an Australian television series

Sport

Slot (ice hockey), the area on the hockey rink directly ahead of the goaltender between the faceoff circles on each side Slot, a space within a formation during a game of American football; see Glossary of American football

Technology

Signals and slots, language construct used to simplify observer pattern implementations in signal programming and especially GUI design Slot (computer architecture), the operation issue and data path machinery associated with a single execute pipeline in a CPU Expansion slot, portion of a computer mother board that can receive an expansion card Kensington Security Slot, a small hole found on almost all recent small or portable computer and electronics equipment used for attaching a lock Leading-edge slot, a fixed aerodynamic feature of the wing of some aircraft to reduce the stall speed Slot antenna, a directional antenna consisting of a slot in a piece of metal

Other uses

Airport slot, a right allocated to an airline by an airport or government agency to schedule a landing or departure at a specific time Train slot, a license allocated to a rail transport company Mail slot or letter box, a receptacle for receiving incoming mail Orbital slot, an allotted position for a satellite in a "crowded" orbit Slot machine, a type of casino game Slot man or The slot, slang term for the chief copy editor on a newspaper Universality slot, quota system used at the Olympics New Georgia Sound, a sound in the Solomon Islands known as "the Slot" to Allied combatants during World War II The Slot, a gay hotel and sex club featured in the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco

See also

Groove (engineering), a feature cut into a hard material to provide a location for another component Hole (disambiguation) Slat (disambiguation) Slet (disambiguation) Slit (disambiguation) Slut (disambiguation) Tongue and groove, a type of joinery employing slots and interlocking ridges cut into material

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