Slack
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Slack has several meanings:
- Slack is a first name commonly encountered in Second Life and etymologically is a combination of the abbreviation for the term "Second Life" (SL) and the RL first name "Jack".
- The pursuit of Slack is a central belief of the Church of the SubGenius.
- Slack refers to the time allotted after mixing a mortar and before using it. Thus, a Subgenius tile setter can be observed pursuing slack while slacking, a seemingly incompatible combination of events.
- Slack, or float, is a project management term.
- Slack may also refer to a popular rock band from Nashville, TN.
- Slack may also refer to a valley.
- Slack may also refer to a form of coal.
- Slack may also refer to space allocated to a computer file on a hard drive, but not used to actually store the file.
- Slack may also refer to the Slackware operating system, a distribution of linux.
- Slack or Slackness may also refer to dancehall reggae lyrics of a crude or bawdy nature.
- Slack may also refer to an event/noun that is lame in nature.
- Slack may also refer to the overflow of rodeo competitors who do not draw a slot in the main performances.
- Slack may also be used as a term referring to a Slacker.
- Slack, a Roman fort in West Yorkshire, England