Slot

n. notch, narrow opening, slit; place, position (within a system, etc.); (Computers) connection point for an expansion card; animal foot prints; animal track, trail of an animal (especially a deer)

v. make a slot in, notch, groove; assign to a place or position (in an organization, system, etc.)

Slot may refer to:Slot antenna, a directional antenna consisting of a slot in a piece of metalSlot (ice hockey), the area on the hockey rink directly ahead of the goaltender between the faceoff circles on each sideSlot canyon, a type of narrow canyon formed by the wear of water rushing through sandstoneSlot car racing, a hobby of racing with powered miniature autos which are guided by slots in the track on which they runSlot machine, a type of casino gameSlot time, the time it takes for an electronic pulse to travel the length between two nodesSlot 1, the physical and electrical specification for the connector used by some of Intel's microprocessorsSlot 2, the physical and electrical specification for the connector used by some of Intel's microprocessorsSlot A, the physical and electrical specification for the edge-connector used by early versions of AMD's Athlon processorDance slot, an imaginary narrow rectangle along which a follower moves back and forth with respect to the leaderLeading edge slot, an aerodynamic device used on fixed wing aircraftslot (computer architecture) the operation issue and data path machinery associated with a single execute pipeline in a CPUKensington Security Slot, small hole found on almost all recent small or portable computer and electronics equipment used for attaching a lockEdge connector socket ("slot"), any type of female electrical connector for use with printed circuit boards having matching edge connectorsA narrow opening through which coins or tokens are put into a vending machine or slot machineGroove (engineering), a feature cut into a hard material to provide a location for another componentTongue and groove"Slot" is the Danish word for castle or fortified place, and can refer to several places (e.g. Søborg Slot).
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Noun
1. a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; "he developed a version of slot grammar"
(hypernym) position, spatial relation
2. a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail); "he put a quarter in the slot"
(hypernym) slit
(hyponym) coin slot
3. a time assigned on a schedule or agenda; "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot"
(synonym) time slot
(hypernym) time interval, interval
4. a position in a hierarchy or organization; "Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some tough competition for the number one slot"
(hypernym) status, position
5. the trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"
(hypernym) trail
6. (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for additional memory"
(synonym) expansion slot
(hypernym) receptacle
(classification) computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
7. a slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots"
(synonym) one-armed bandit
(hypernym) slot machine, coin machine
(hyponym) fruit machine
Verb
1. assign a time slot; "slot a television programs"
(hypernym) schedule
(derivation) time slot

n. slot, position, (within a system, etc.) (Computers)

n. lock, padlock, end, termination, finish, conclusion, close, closure, castle