Slack may refer to:
Places
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Slack, West Yorkshire
Outlane is a village in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, situated approximately south-west of Elland, north-west of Huddersfield and south of Halifax.
The village is situated next to the M62 motorway near Junction 23 and straddles the K ...
, a village in Calderdale, England
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The Slack, a village in County Durham, England
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Slack (river), a river in Pas-de-Calais department, France
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Slacks Creek, Queensland, a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia
Science and technology
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File slack
In computer storage, fragmentation is a phenomenon in which storage space, main storage or secondary storage
Computer data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital da ...
, a kind of computer internal fragmentation
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Slack bus, an electrical power regulating system used to conduct load flow studies
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Slack (project management), the time that a task in a project network can be delayed without delaying subsequent tasks or the overall project
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Slack (software), a team communication tool that can be used for collaboration
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Slack variable In an optimization problem, a slack variable is a variable that is added to an inequality constraint to transform it into an equality. Introducing a slack variable replaces an inequality constraint with an equality constraint and a non-negativity c ...
, a mathematical concept
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Slackware
Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding in 1993. Originally based on Softlanding Linux System, Slackware has been the basis for many other Linux distributions, most notably the first versions of SUSE Linux distributio ...
, a Linux distribution
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Slack tub
A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located. The forge is used by the smith to heat a piece of metal to a temperature at which it becomes easier to shape by forging, or to the ...
, used by a blacksmith to quench hot metal
People
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Andrew Slack
Andrew Gerard Slack (born 24 September 1955 in Brisbane) is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player who captained the Wallabies in 19 Test matches in between 1984 and 1987. His 133 appearances for Queensland be ...
(born 1955), Australian rugby union player
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Charlie Slack
Charles E. Slack (February 26, 1931 – July 3, 2020) was an American college basketball player from Marshall University. He holds the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I record for the highest single-season rebo ...
(1931–2020), American basketball player
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George Slack
George W. Slack (April 2, 1874 – March 17, 1950) was an American farmer and politician.
Born in the Town of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, Slack farmed near Big Patch, Wisconsin. Slack served on the town board and the Platteville, Wisc ...
(1874–1950), American politician
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Shanon Slack
Shanon Slack (born April 23, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in Bellator's featherweight division.
Background
Slack lived his early life in Chicago, but his family moved to Richmond, Virginia when he was in the 6th grade. ...
(born 1984), American mixed martial artist
Other uses
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Resource slack
Resource slack, in the business and management literature, is the level of availability of a resource. Resource slack can be considered as the opposite of resource scarcity or resource constraints.
The availability of resources can therefore be ...
, the level of availability of a resource to a business
* Slack, the central belief of the parody religion
Church of the SubGenius
The Church of the SubGenius is a parody religion that satirizes better-known belief systems. It teaches a complex philosophy that focuses on J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, purportedly a salesman from the 1950s, who is revered as a prophet by the Church. SubG ...
* Slack coal, fragments of coal and coal dust; for example used in the
Birchills Power Station
Birchills power station and Walsall power station are a series of three coal-fired power stations in, or near, Walsall in the West Midlands, England.
Walsall power station (1895–1917)
The first electricity supply to Walsall began in the 189 ...
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Slackness
Slackness refers to vulgarity in West Indian culture, behavior, and music. It also refers to a subgenre of dancehall music with straightforward sexual lyrics performed live or recorded. Its form and pronunciation varies throughout the Caribbean.
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or slack, lyrics of a crude or bawdy nature in dancehall music
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Slacks
Trousers (British English), slacks, or pants are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes, skirts, and d ...
or trousers
* Slack, the valley or trough between
dunes
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Slack action, free movement due to loose couplings between railway cars
See also
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SLAC (disambiguation) SLAC can mean
* SL Agritech Corporation, Philippine hybrid rice company
* SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
* SLAC Wrist, a wrist in which the scapholunate ligament is ruptured
* SLAC (basketball club), a G ...
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Slacks (disambiguation)
Slacks is a common term for pants or trousers. It may also refer to:
* Donovan Slacks, leader of a militant fishermen's uprising in 1920s Britain
*Slacks Creek, Queensland
Slacks Creek is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. I ...
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Slacker
A slacker is someone who habitually avoids work or lacks work ethic.
Origin
According to different sources, the term ''slacker'' dates back to about 1790 or 1898. "Slacker" gained some recognition during the British Gezira Scheme in the early ...
, a person who habitually avoids work or lacks work ethic
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