A narrow, elongated depression, notch, slit, or aperture, especially one for receiving or admitting something, such as a coin or a letter. Also: (in computer science) a space in memory or on a disk that can be allocated to a particular type of object.
Viruses often have to find a slot in the body where they can hide, so they don’t get detected by the immune system and can continue to do damage. The slot they choose may be a weak spot in the human genome or an area where the virus has already infected cells and is hiding in those cells, or it could be a niche that allows them to escape detection by host defenses.
In a cable street-railroad, the gap between the rails through which a grip on the car passes to connect with the traveling cable. Also: (in ice hockey) the rectangular opening directly in front of an opponent’s goal, affording a vantage for attacking players.
The area in which a game of field or ice hockey is scheduled to take place, usually sharing time with other games. Occasionally, the time slots are swapped between teams due to scheduling conflicts or for other reasons.
A hole in the bottom of a box, suitcase, or other container that provides access to items within it. Also: (in computer science) unused space in a file, disk, or other storage device, into which data can be moved. The amount of free space in a file or other storage device is often displayed on its icon or label, as “Free Space”, or in the file or directory information in Windows Explorer.
In software development, a region of a computer program or other device into which code can be inserted for execution. The term “slot” can also refer to a specific function or piece of software code that is executed when the program is run, such as an application programming interface (API).
On some machines, it’s not always easy to tell whether a spin has won or lost. Be sure to check the paytables and help screens to see what the odds are of hitting a specific combination of symbols. It’s also helpful to keep track of how much you paid for each spin, so you can compare it to the amount of credits that the machine has returned to you.
The number of available standard slots in a given software application can be determined and selected using the Slot parameter. This can be specified in the xml file with the SlotName, SlotType, and BitmapName attribute values. If the Slot parameter is specified, a value for the slot dimension will be computed and selected from a table, or it can be set to 0 to indicate that no slot dimension should be used.