Slot, the slot or Slots may refer to:
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Arne Slot
Arend Martijn Slot (; born 17 September 1978) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Feyenoord.
Playing career
Slot played as midfielder for PEC Zwolle, NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam.
Coaching ca ...
(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 List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands, Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations since 10 January 20 ...
(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
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 per ...
, 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)
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 ...
, 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
The following terms are used in American football, both conventional and indoor. Some of these terms are also in use in Canadian football; for a list of terms unique to that code, see '' Glossary of Canadian football''.
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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), 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 (Corneliu ...
, 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 directional antenna consisting of a slot in a piece of metal
Other uses
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Landing slot __NOTOC__
A landing slot, takeoff slot, or airport slot is a permission granted by the owner of an airport designated as Level 3 (Coordinated Airport), which allows the grantee to schedule a landing or departure at that airport during a specific t ...
, 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 In rail transport, a train slot is a license that allows its holder, usually a railway company, to run a train on a specific section of track at a specific time, similar to an airport slot in civil aviation. Rail infrastructure companies such as N ...
, a license allocated to a rail transport company
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Mail slot
A letter box, letterbox, letter plate, letter hole, mail slot or mailbox is a receptacle for receiving incoming mail at a private residence or business. For outgoing mail, Post boxes are often used for depositing the mail for collection, althou ...
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 slot machine (American English), fruit machine (British English) or poker machine ( Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers. Slot machines are also known pejoratively ...
, 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 o ...
on a newspaper
* "The Slot" or
New Georgia Sound
New Georgia Sound is the sound in the New Georgia Islands region that runs approximately southeast–northwest through the middle of the Solomon Islands archipelago in the Southern Pacific Ocean and Melanesia.[Folsom Street Fair
Folsom Street Fair (FSF) is an annual BDSM and leather subculture street fair, held in September, that caps San Francisco's "Leather Pride Week". The Folsom Street Fair, sometimes simply referred to as "Folsom", takes place on Folsom Street b ...]
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 ...
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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)
* Slot (disambiguation)
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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
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Slut (disambiguation)
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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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