Slot, the slot or Slots may refer to:
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Arne Slot
Arend Martijn "Arne" Slot (; born 17 September 1978) is a Dutch professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the head coach of club Liverpool F.C., Liverpool. He is regarded as one of t ...
(born 1978), Dutch football manager, former player
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Gerrie Slot (born 1954), Dutch cyclist
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Hanke Bruins Slot (born 1977), Dutch politician
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Tonny Bruins Slot (born 1947), Dutch association football coach who is known for his analyses of matches and opponents
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Jørgen Slots, a Danish-born periodontist in the United States
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Margareta Slots (died 1669), Dutch-born mistress of Gustav II Adolf of Sweden
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Slot (band), a Russian alternative/nu metal band
* Slot, abbreviation of
St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band, a pipe band based in Dublin, Ireland
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Dance slot, 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), 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, language construct used to simplify observer pattern implementations in signal programming and especially GUI design
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Slot (computer architecture), 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), ''Expansion'' (album), by American jazz pianist Dave Burrell, released in 2004
* Expansions (McCoy Tyner album), ''Ex ...
, portion of a computer mother board that can receive an expansion card
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Kensington Security Slot, 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 leading-edge slot is a fixed aerodynamics, aerodynamic feature of the wing of some aircraft to reduce the Stall (flight), stall speed and promote good low-speed handling qualities. A leading-edge slot is a spanwise gap in each wing, allowing ai ...
, 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 element, driven as an antenna (radio), antenna by an applied radio frequency current, the slot radiates electromag ...
, a directional antenna consisting of a slot in a piece of metal
Other uses
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Airport 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, 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 quality and readability, as well as ensuring that a text is free of errors in grammar, style, and accuracy. ''The Ch ...
on a newspaper
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Universality slot, quota system used at the Olympics
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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
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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:
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, a feature cut into a hard material to provide a location for another component
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Hole (disambiguation)
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Slat (disambiguation)
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Slet (disambiguation)
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Slit (disambiguation)
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Slut (disambiguation)
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Tongue and groove, a type of joinery employing slots and interlocking ridges cut into material
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