A slot is a narrow depression, groove, notch, or slit, especially one for receiving something, as a coin or a paper clip. A slot may also refer to:
In the context of computer games, a slot is a position in a game where a player can place a bet or activate a bonus feature. Some slots allow players to select their preferred bet amount, while others assign a predetermined number of paylines and/or symbols. Bonus features can include free spins, jackpots, or a progressive multiplier.
Slot machines are casino games that accept cash or, in the case of “ticket-in, ticket-out” machines, a paper ticket with a barcode. The machine then displays a series of reels, with symbols arranged in rows. Depending on the game, symbols can be regular objects such as fruit or bells, or stylized lucky sevens. When a winning combination is made, the player receives credits based on the pay table.
The game’s software determines the odds of a particular symbol appearing on a given reel. It also determines the probability of a given symbol matching another in a winning combination. These probabilities are based on the game’s rules and the weighting of individual symbols. Historically, slot manufacturers weighted particular symbols so that they appeared more frequently on the physical reels than other symbols. This reduced the total number of possible combinations and increased the odds of hitting a payline.
During the initialization of OAM, an optical library is assigned to each slot in the Slot Viewer. Then, during selection, the Slot Viewer will display statistics on the selected values in each slot including Sum, Average, Median, Min, Max, Range, and Difference.
A slot is a position in a group, series, sequence, or hierarchy: He was in the eight o’clock slot on Thursdays. A slot is also a time-slot, such as the period of day or the period in which a particular activity occurs: The TV show is in the eight o’clock slot.
The term’slot’ can also mean the location in which a specific piece of hardware is placed on a motherboard: an ISA slot, PCI slot, or AGP slot. In computer hardware, a slot is also the name for the expansion card that supports it. In addition to containing the actual expansion cards, slots provide connectors for power and memory. These can be external or built-in to the main board. External slots are more flexible and can be used with different expansion cards, but internal slots are more restrictive about which expansion cards can be installed. Some slots are reserved for special purposes, such as the ATA (AT Attachment) slot used to connect hard disk drives. Others are universal, such as the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot used to support graphics cards. For more information on the AGP slot, see AGP specification.