A narrow opening or groove, especially one into which something may be inserted or placed, such as a coin or a letter.
Also known as: window, vacancy, spot, position, opportunity, niche
A place or time for an event. Examples: a meeting, an appointment, a time slot
A device that accepts paper tickets or cash to activate a sequence of reels with symbols and to award credits based on the number of matching combinations. A slot machine typically has a specific theme and corresponding symbols, with bonus features aligned with the theme as well. Players can choose from a variety of paylines, which determine the odds of winning and how much they can win.
A slot is also the name of an individual piece of data in a computer file or disk. A slot is used to store information, and the size of a slot can be modified by changing the amount of available memory. This feature allows for more storage capacity on a machine, and it can also be used to create backup files. In computing, a slot is also a variable that determines how much data can be stored in a queue at any given moment. In addition, a slot can be assigned to a particular type of hardware component, allowing it to manage the flow of information. This can reduce the likelihood of a system crash, and increase performance. The slot also controls how fast a program can write to disk.