A slit, hole, or narrow opening, typically in a door or wall. You can put mail through a slot in a door or a window. A slot is also the name of a position or assignment, as in “He’s in the slot for the assistant manager.” A slot can also refer to a time, as in “We have a 5:30 dinner reservation at the new restaurant in town.”
In gambling, a slot machine is a game in which you insert coins or paper tickets with barcodes into an electronic device that reads them and pays out winnings, sometimes with an optional skill element. The games vary in pay-tables and rules, but they usually share similar features: a spinning reel, a win/loss indicator (often on a light panel or display screen), and a lever or button to activate the reels.
When playing slots, be sure to set a loss limit before you begin. This way, you will stop playing when you reach your goal and walk away a winner. The amount of your loss limit can vary, depending on how much money you are willing to risk.
A slot is a repository item that can be filled with content by a scenario using the Add Items to Slot action or by a targeter. A slot has a unique identifier and an index into the list of persistent slots. It also references a dss_profile_slot(id) that determines its priority in the list of slots.