Slot, the slot or Slots may refer to:
People
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Arne Slot (born 1978), Dutch footballer
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Gerrie Slot (born 1954), Dutch cyclist
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Hanke Bruins Slot
Hanke Gerdina Johannette Bruins Slot (born 20 October 1977) is a Dutch politician, jurist and army officer who has served as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations since 10 January 2022 in the Fourth Rutte cabinet. A member of the Christ ...
(born 1977), Dutch politician
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Tonny Bruins Slot
Tonny Bruins Slot (1 April 1947 – 1 November 2020) was a Dutch association football coach who was well known for his analysis of matches and opponents.
Career
Tonny Bruins Slot was coach of FC Amsterdam from 1978 to 1980 and assistant-coach ...
(born 1947), Dutch association football coach who is known for his analyses of matches and opponents
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Jørgen Slots
Jørgen Slots is a Danish-born periodontist notable for his contributions to the field of periodontology. He is currently professor of periodontology and microbiology at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, and served as chairman of peri ...
, a Danish-born periodontist in the United States
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Margareta Slots
Margareta Slots or Margareta Cabiljau (died 1669) was the royal mistress of king Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and the mother of his illegitimate son Gustav of Vasaborg.
Margareta Slots was the daughter of the Dutch merchant Abraham Cabiljau and Maria ...
(died 1669), Dutch-born mistress of Gustav II Adolf of Sweden
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Slot (band)
Slot (russian: Слот) is a Russian metal band. Members of the group that include Daria "Nookie" Stavrovich, Igor "Cache" Lobanov, Sergey "ID" Bogolyubsky, Nikita Muravyov, and Vasiliy «Ghost» Gorshkov.
Since its inception the group has rel ...
, a Russian alternative/nu metal band
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St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band
The St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band is a Grade 1 pipe band based in St. Mary's Hospital Campus Phoenix Park, Dublin,Ireland. The band was established in 1910, and won the RSPBA World Pipe Band Championships in 2010.
The band's Pipe Major is Alen ...
, a pipe band based in Dublin, Ireland
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Dance slot In slotted dances, the dance slot is an imaginary narrow rectangle within which the follower moves back and forth in relation to the leader, who is comparatively stationary.
Slotted dances include: West Coast Swing, Dallas Push, Houston Whip, Su ...
, an imaginary narrow rectangle along which a follower moves back and forth with respect to the leader
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''The Slot'' (TV series), an Australian television series
Sport
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Slot (ice hockey)
In hockey, the slot is the area on the hockey rink directly in front of the goaltender between the faceoff circles and extending to the top of the face off circles. It is sometimes referred to as the "scoring area".
The "high" slot extends from ...
, 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
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Signals and slots
Signals and slots is a language construct introduced in Qt for communication between objects which makes it easy to implement the observer pattern while avoiding boilerplate code. The concept is that GUI widgets can send signals containing event ...
, language construct used to simplify observer pattern implementations in signal programming and especially GUI design
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Slot (computer architecture) A slot comprises the operation issue and data path machinery surrounding a set of one or more execution unit (also called a functional unit (FU)) which share these resources. The term slot is common for this purpose in very long instruction word (VL ...
, the operation issue and data path machinery associated with a single execute pipeline in a CPU
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Expansion slot
Expansion may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* ''L'Expansion'', a French monthly business magazine
* ''Expansion'' (album), by American jazz pianist Dave Burrell, released in 2004
* ''Expansions'' (McCoy Tyner album), 1970
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, portion of a computer mother board that can receive an expansion card
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Kensington Security Slot
A Kensington Security Slot (also called a K-Slot or Kensington lock) is part of an anti-theft system designed in the mid 1980s and patented by Kryptonite in 1999–2000,''Security anchor/tether assemblage for portable articles'': and (Corneli ...
, a small hole found on almost all recent small or portable computer and electronics equipment used for attaching a lock
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Leading-edge slot, a fixed aerodynamic feature of the wing of some aircraft to reduce the stall speed
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Slot antenna
A slot antenna consists of a metal surface, usually a flat plate, with one or more holes or slots cut out. When the plate is driven as an antenna by an applied radio frequency current, the slot radiates electromagnetic waves in a way similar to a ...
, a directional antenna consisting of a slot in a piece of metal
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Landing slot, a right allocated to an airline by an airport or government agency to schedule a landing or departure at a specific time
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Train slot, a license allocated to a rail transport company
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Mail slot or letter box, a receptacle for receiving incoming mail
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Orbital slot
A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit''Geostationary orbit'' and ''Geosynchronous (equatorial) orbit'' are used somewhat interchangeably in sources. (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit in altitude ...
, an allotted position for a satellite in a "crowded" orbit
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Slot machine, a type of casino game
* Slot man or The slot, slang term for the chief
copy editor
Copy editing (also known as copyediting and manuscript editing) is the process of revising written material (copy) to improve readability and fitness, as well as ensuring that text is free of grammatical and factual errors. ''The Chicago Manual of ...
on a newspaper
* "The Slot" or
New Georgia Sound, a sound in the Solomon Islands known to Allied combatants during World War II
* The Slot, a gay hotel and sex club featured in the
Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco
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Groove (engineering)
In manufacturing or mechanical engineering a groove is a long and narrow indentation built into a material, generally for the purpose of allowing another material or part to move within the groove and be guided by it. Examples include:
# A cana ...
, a feature cut into a hard material to provide a location for another component
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Hole (disambiguation)
A hole is a hollow place, an opening in/through a solid body, or an excavation in the ground.
Hole or holes may also refer to:
Science and healthcare
* Black hole
* Electron hole, a concept in physics and chemistry
* K-hole, a psychological s ...
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Slat (disambiguation)
Slat, slats, or SLAT may refer to:
* Slat (aircraft), aerodynamic surfaces on the leading edge of the wings of fixed-wing aircraft
* a Lath, a narrow strip of straight-grained wood used under roof shingles or tiles
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Slet (disambiguation) The term “SLATT” is used in by rappers all over the world and it means Slime Love All The Time. It started being used by the rapper known as “Thug Slim”
See also
* Slat (disambiguation)
Slat, slats, or SLAT may refer to:
* Slat (aircraft) ...
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Slit (disambiguation)
Slit may refer to:
* Slit (protein), in genetics, the midline repellent signaling molecule
* Slitting, a shearing operation that cuts a large roll of material into narrower rolls
* Slit trench, a defensive fighting position in warfare
* Slit Woo ...
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Slut (disambiguation)
Slut is a pejorative term for a woman who is deemed sexually promiscuous.
Slut or SLUT may also refer to:
Music
* Slut (band), a German indie rock band
* ''Slut'' (EP), an EP by Flesh Volcano
* "S.L.U.T." (song), a song by Bea Miller
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Tongue and groove
Tongue and groove is a method of fitting similar objects together, edge to edge, used mainly with wood, in flooring, parquetry, panelling, and similar constructions. Tongue and groove joints allow two flat pieces to be joined strongly together t ...
, a type of joinery employing slots and interlocking ridges cut into material
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