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Look up Slack, slack, släck, or slacks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slack or Slacks may refer to: Slack, West Yorkshire, a village in Calderdale
Slack
Messaging software application
Slack is a cloud-based team communication platform developed by Slack Technologies, which has been owned by Salesforce since 2021. Slack uses a freemium
Slack_(software)
Canadian software company
Slack Technologies, LLC is an American software company founded in 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, known for its proprietary communication platform
Slack_Technologies
Mathematical concept
In an optimization problem, a slack variable is a variable that is added to an inequality constraint to transform it into an equality constraint. A non-negativity
Slack_variable
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up slackness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slackness may refer to: Slackness (Jamaican music), a subgenre of dancehall music Slackness, the lack
Slackness
Parody religion created in the US in the 1970s
and the belief in absolute truths. The group holds that the quality of "Slack" is of utmost importance, but it is never clearly defined. The number of
Church_of_the_SubGenius
Level of availability of a resource
Resource slack, in the business and management literature, is the level of availability of a resource. Resource slack can be considered as the opposite
Resource_slack
Short period in a body of tidal water
Slack tide or slack water is the short period in a body of tidal water when the water is completely unstressed, and there is no movement either way in
Slack_tide
Team collaboration application
growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside competitors such as Zoom, Slack, and Google Meet, as organizations shifted to remote work and virtual meetings
Microsoft_Teams
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up slack alice in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slack Alice may refer to: An imaginary friend of comedian Larry Grayson and title of the B-side
Slack_Alice
Type of pronunciation
Slack voice (or lax voice) is the pronunciation of consonant or vowels with a glottal opening slightly wider than that occurring in modal voice. Such
Slack_voice
American television screenwriter and producer
David Slack is an American animation and television writer and producer. He has written and/or produced on such shows as Law & Order, Lie to Me, In Plain
David_Slack
American software company
initial public offering in 2004. Its major acquisitions included Tableau and Slack. As of March 2026, Salesforce has a market capitalization of approximately
Salesforce
Mixed martial arts journalist
Jack Slack is a pen name of an anonymous British freelance writer, podcaster, analyst and amateur historian of combat sport; most notable as a mixed martial
Jack_Slack
South African philanthropist (born 1943)
Mary Slack (née Oppenheimer; born December 1943) is a South African businesswoman and philanthropist. The daughter of Harry Oppenheimer, she is a former
Mary_Slack
Canadian entrepreneur and businessman (born 1973)
co-founding the photo-sharing website Flickr and the team-messaging application Slack. In 1973, Butterfield was born in Lund, British Columbia. For the first
Stewart_Butterfield
English actor
Matt Slack is an English actor, comedian and stage director. He is best known in film for his role in Damsel (2024). He has appeared in various film and
Matt_Slack
American politician
George W. Slack (April 2, 1874 – March 17, 1950) was an American farmer and politician. Born in the Town of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, Slack farmed
George_Slack
Hawaiian style of tuning and playing
Slack-key guitar (from Hawaiian kī hōʻalu, which means 'loosen the [tuning] key') is a fingerstyle genre of guitar music that originated in Hawaii. This
Slack-key_guitar
Confederate States Army general (1816–1862)
William Yarnel Slack (August 1, 1816 – March 21, 1862) was an American lawyer, politician, and military officer who fought for the Confederate States
William_Y._Slack
American football player (born 1968)
Reginald Slack (born May 2, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played
Reggie_Slack
Usenet newsgroup
alt.binaries.slack is a Usenet newsgroup created for the purpose of posting pictures, sounds, and utilities related to the Church of the SubGenius, making
Alt.binaries.slack
Surname list
Slack is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Clayton K. Slack (1896–1976), United States Army private awarded the Medal of Honor Doug
Slack_(surname)
River in France
The Slack (French pronunciation: [slak], in Picard locally [s̟laːk]) is a 22-kilometre-long (14 mi) coastal river in the Pas-de-Calais department, in
Slack_(river)
President of the Nevis Island Assembly
Michelle Jan Slack-Clarke is a Nevisian attorney and public servant who is the current President of the Nevis Island Assembly. In 2013, Slack-Clarke graduated
Michelle_Slack-Clarke
British historian (b.1943)
Paul Alexander Slack FBA FRHistS (born 23 January 1943) is a British historian. He is a former principal of Linacre College, Oxford, pro-vice-chancellor
Paul_Slack
Electrical power regulating system
In electrical power systems, a slack bus (or swing bus, or V-δ bus) is a bus used to balance the active power | P | {\displaystyle |P|} and reactive power
Slack_bus
British botanist (1933–2018)
Adrian Slack (1933 – 3 June 2018) was a landscape gardener, plantsman, author and authority on carnivorous plants. He won 5 gold medals at the Chelsea
Adrian_Slack
Archaeological site in Kentucky, United States
Slack Farm (15 UN 28) is an archaeological site of the Caborn-Welborn variant of the Mississippian culture. Slack Farm is located near Uniontown, Kentucky
Slack_Farm
Rugby player
Andrew Gerard Slack (born 24 September 1955 in Brisbane) is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player who captained the
Andrew_Slack
Open-source messaging software
and companies, and mostly markets itself as an open-source alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams. The code was originally proprietary, as Mattermost
Mattermost
Acrobatic circus act
Slackwire (or slack wire) is an acrobatic circus act that involves the balancing skills of moving along a flexible, thin wire suspended in the air, connected
Slackwire
British glam rock band
band is currently composed of lead singer Luke Spiller, guitarist Adam Slack, bassist Jed Elliott, and drummer Gethin Davies. The band have released
The_Struts
2001 child murder in Illinois, United States
Laree A. Slack (July 4, 1989 – November 11, 2001) was a victim of child abuse by her parents that led to her death in the South Side, Chicago, United
Murder_of_Laree_Slack
Topics referred to by the same term
John Slack may refer to: John M. Slack Jr. (1915–1980), American politician from West Virginia John Bamford Slack (1857–1909), British politician John
John_Slack
American pianist and bandleader (1910–1965)
Frederick Charles Slack (August 7, 1910 – August 10, 1965) was an American swing and boogie-woogie pianist and bandleader. Slack was born in Westby, Wisconsin
Freddie_Slack
2016 film
Slack Bay (French: Ma Loute) is a 2016 French comedy film directed by Bruno Dumont. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film
Slack_Bay
BBC adaptation of the novels by Agatha Christie starring Joan Hickson
(later Superintendent) Slack, played by David Horovitch; the second is Constable (later Sergeant) Lake, played by Ian Brimble. Slack and Lake appear in five
Miss_Marple_(TV_series)
Method to solve optimization problems
wm) denote the corresponding primal slack variables, and let (z1, z2, ... , zn) denote the corresponding dual slack variables. Then x and y are optimal
Linear_programming
George Granville Slack (11 July 1906 – 30 November 2003), known as Granville Slack, was a British judge and Liberal politician. Slack attended Accrington
Granville_Slack
US Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Clayton Kirk Slack (February 23, 1896 – March 1, 1976) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during
Clayton_K._Slack
Topics referred to by the same term
General Slack may refer to: James R. Slack (1818–1881), Union Army brigadier general and brevet major general Jerald D. Slack (born 1936), U.S. Air National
General_Slack
Hearth used for heating metals, or workplace containing such a hearth
it may be handled with bare hands, the workpiece is transported to the slack tub, which rapidly cools the workpiece in a large body of water. However
Forge
British journalist and government spokesman
James Slack CBE is a British political advisor and journalist who served as Downing Street Director of Communications for Prime Minister Boris Johnson
James_Slack
British politician (born 1970)
Njoku-Goodwin Ed Oldfield Charlotte Owen Rob Oxley Dan Rosenfield James Slack Patrick Spencer Allegra Stratton Cleo Watson Shelley Williams-Walker Truss
Andy_Burnham
Topics referred to by the same term
Senator Slack may refer to: James R. Slack (1818–1881), Indiana State Senate Leighton P. Slack (1867–1938), Vermont State Senate Lemuel Ertus Slack (1874–1952)
Senator_Slack
Village in County Durham, England
The Slack is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated near to Butterknowle, to the west of Bishop Auckland. v t e
The_Slack
Topics referred to by the same term
Slack may refer to: Hiram Slack (Nottinghamshire cricketer) (1808–1853) Hiram Slack (North of England cricketer) (1843–1918), nephew of Hiram Slack (Nottinghamshire
Hiram_Slack
7th episode of the 4th season of Dexter
disambiguation. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. › "Slack Tide" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the American crime
Slack_Tide_(Dexter)
Statistical tool used in project management
that have slack can be delayed without changing the overall time of the project. Slack is computed in one of two ways, slack = LF − EF or slack = LS − ES
Program evaluation and review technique
Program_evaluation_and_review_technique
Brazilian-American business executive
January 2024 and March 2025. Prior to leading Bumble, she was the CEO of Slack Technologies from January 2023 to November 2023, and held executive positions
Lidiane_Jones
English cricketer
Wilfred Norris Slack (12 December 1954 – 15 January 1989) was an English cricketer, who played in three Test matches and two One Day Internationals for
Wilf_Slack
Stuart Slack (25 January 1935 – 5 December 1998) was a racing cyclist from the Isle of Man. He was part of the first ever Manx team to participate in
Stuart_Slack
Nguni language of southern South Africa
pronounced [dʱa̤] (or, equivalently, [d̥a̤]). They are better described as slack voiced than as breathy voiced. They are truly voiced only after nasals,
Xhosa_language
Honor presented to recording artists for Hawaiian music albums
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Live from Maui in 2007 followed by Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar in 2008, and Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar:
Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album
Grammy_Award_for_Best_Hawaiian_Music_Album
1990 single by Superchunk
"Slack Motherfucker" is a song by American rock band Superchunk. It was the first single released from the band's debut, self-titled album (1990). The
Slack_Motherfucker
Subgenre of indie rock
Leonie Cooper (12 April 2019). "Mac DeMarco and the artistic slouch: has slack rock come to an end?". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2021. "Bedroom
Slacker_rock
American politician (1915–1980)
Mark Slack Jr. (March 18, 1915 – March 17, 1980) was an American politician from West Virginia. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Slack was born
John_M._Slack_Jr.
Kahumoku Jr. is a Grammy Award-winning Hawaiian musician specializing in slack-key guitar. He was born in Kona on Hawaiʻi, He was labeled as "Hawaii's
George_Kahumoku_Jr.
Communication tool
iOS smartphones, and tablets. Stride was bought by Atlassian's competitor Slack Technologies and was discontinued on February 15, 2019. The features of
Stride_(software)
American plant ecologist, bryologist, and historian of science (1930–2022)
Nancy Guttmann Slack (August 12, 1930 – December 21, 2022) was an American plant ecologist, bryologist, and historian of science. She was the president
Nancy_Guttmann_Slack
Jamaican athlete
Salcia Venecia Slack (born 10 December 1989) is a Jamaican athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships
Salcia_Slack
Swedish audio streaming service
engineer in Malmö, set up the channel #kollektivavtal in the internal company Slack, which means "collective agreement" in Swedish. The channel grew to 2,000
Spotify
Photosynthetic process in some plants
C4 carbon fixation or the Hatch–Slack pathway is one of three known photosynthetic processes of carbon fixation in plants. It owes the names to the 1960s
C4_carbon_fixation
Nguni language of eastern South Africa and neighbouring countries
isekhondi /iːsekʰoːndi/ "second", ibhayisikili /iːbajisikiːli/ "bicycle". The slack-voiced consonants are depressor consonants. These have a lowering effect
Zulu_language
Hamlet in Cumbria, England
Slack Head, sometimes written Slackhead, is a hamlet near Beetham, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is in Beetham civil parish. It is a purely
Slack_Head
Web service for internal/private chat
Data Center. In July 2018, Atlassian announced a partnership with Slack under which Slack would acquire the codebase and related IP assets of HipChat and
HipChat
Topics referred to by the same term
William Slack is the name of: William Slack (surgeon) (1925–2019), Serjeant Surgeon to Queen Elizabeth II William Y. Slack (1816–1862), lawyer, politician
William_Slack
Sport
webbing that is tensioned between two anchors. Slacklining is similar to slack rope walking and tightrope walking. Slacklines differ from tightwires and
Slacklining
Samuel Slack (1757–1822), sometimes known as The Tideswell Vocalist, was a bass singer, a native of Derbyshire and protégé of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess
Samuel_Slack
American animated television series
television series created by Glen Murakami, who developed the series with David Slack and Sam Register. Based on the DC Comics superhero team Teen Titans, it
Teen_Titans_(TV_series)
2000 United States Supreme Court case
Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Slack_v._McDaniel
American businesswoman
was the chief product officer at Slack. She founded Adverb Ventures in 2023 with Jessica Verrilli. Before joining Slack, she held positions at Twitter,
April_Underwood
1981 single by the Cars
"Gimme Some Slack" is a song by the American rock band the Cars from their third studio album Panorama (1980). The song was written by bandleader Ric
Gimme_Some_Slack
American politician
Lemuel Ertus Slack (October 8, 1874 – February 24, 1952) often called L. Ert Slack, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 29th mayor
Lemuel_Ertus_Slack
American sprinter (1877–1928)
Henry Berry Slack (March 31, 1877 in Chicago, Illinois – July 18, 1928 in San Francisco, California) was an American track and field athlete who competed
Henry_Slack
Canadian baseball player and coach (1933–2025)
William Henry Slack (May 3, 1933 – November 9, 2025) was a Canadian professional baseball pitcher, manager and coach, and a member of the Canadian Baseball
Bill_Slack
Australian software company
competitor Slack, and that it was going to shut down HipChat and Stride in 2019. As part of the deal, Atlassian took a small stake in Slack. On 4 September
Atlassian
Railroading term
In railroading, slack action is the amount of free movement of one car before it transmits its motion to an adjoining coupled car. This free movement
Slack_action
British-born plant scientist and biochemist (1937-2016)
Hatch Slack Pathway). Slack was born on 22 April 1937 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; the first and only child of Albert and Eva Slack. He studied
Roger_Slack
Rock climbing safety technique using ropes
the distance of the slack or unprotected rope before the friction applied by the belayer starts to slow their descent. Too much slack on the rope increases
Belaying
American physicist
Francis Goddard Slack (November 1, 1897 – February 2, 1985) was an American physicist. He was a physics teacher, researcher, and administrator in academia
Francis_G._Slack
difficulty of a given problem. Earliest deadline first scheduling and Least slack time scheduling are examples of Dynamic priority scheduling algorithms.
Dynamic_priority_scheduling
2025 book documenting OpenAI's origins
workers. The book includes interviews with around 260 people, correspondence, Slack conversations, and relevant documents. The title makes reference to colonial
Empire_of_AI
Apple cultivar
Slack-ma-Girdle is an old variety of cider apple formerly widely grown in the South-West of England. It is one of a group of similar and closely related
Slack-ma-Girdle
English footballer
Melvyn Slack (7 March 1944 – 6 August 2016) was an English footballer who played in the English Football League for Cambridge United, Southend United
Mel_Slack
English journalist, activist and science writer
Henry James Slack (1818–1896) was an English journalist, activist and science writer. The son of Joseph Slack, a cloth merchant, and Grace Slack, he was born
Henry_James_Slack
and Bruno Premiani. Developed by Glen Murakami, Sam Register, and David Slack for Cartoon Network and Kids' WB, it was produced by DC Entertainment and
List_of_Teen_Titans_episodes
Fine-powdered form of coal
term for cheap fuel consisting of coal dust (slack) containing small lumps of coal (nuts) is nutty slack. For use in thermal power plants, coal is ground
Coal_dust
Skill of walking along a taut wire or rope
associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope walking and slacklining. Tightwire is the skill of maintaining balance
Tightrope_walking
Linux distribution
community-provided SlackBuilds. SlackBuilds are shell scripts that will create an installable Slackware package from a provided software tarball. Since SlackBuilds
Slackware
2023 United States Supreme Court case
Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani, 598 U.S. 759 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that to state a claim under Section
Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani
Slack_Technologies,_LLC_v._Pirani
English cricketer and judge (1930–2012)
Edward Slack DL (23 December 1930 – 6 May 2012) was an English cricketer and judge. He was born at Marylebone, London. A right-handed batsman, Slack made
John_Slack_(cricketer)
Modifying the visible features of areas of land
Landscaping Principles and Practices. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-4283-7641-0. Slack, William (1998). Landscaping. Oxmoor House. ISBN 978-0-8487-2251-7. Buchanan
Landscaping
Austrian beach volleyball player
Joshua "Josh" Slack (born 16 December 1976) is a male beach volleyball player from Australia. He represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics with
Joshua_Slack
American daily newspaper
member of the Sulzberger family who proposed the purchase to Knight over Slack after reading about the game. The Washington Post purportedly considered
The_New_York_Times
Use of excess packaging
height, this efficiency can vary significantly. Underfilled packaging (Slack-fill packaging) refers to the design of packaging containers with internal
Overpackaging
Bigglesworth Spuckler (voiced by Hank Azaria), commonly called Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel, is Springfield's resident hillbilly stereotype, and speaks
List of recurring The Simpsons characters
List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters
United States Air Force general (1936–2024)
David Slack (February 14, 1936 – May 18, 2024) was a major general in the United States Air National Guard and Adjutant General of Wisconsin. Slack graduated
Jerald_D._Slack
American professional wrestler
Sarah Slack, better known by her ring name Heidi Howitzer, is an American professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for
Heidi_Howitzer
SLACK
SLACK
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : nickname for an idle person, from Middle Dutch slac, Middle English slack, ‘lazy’, ‘careless’.English : topographic name from northern Middle English slack ‘shallow valley’ (Old Norse slakki), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word, for example near Stainland and near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.Scottish (Dumfriesshire) : habitational name, maybe from Slake or Slack in Roberton, Roxburghshire (now part of Borders region).It may also be an Americanized spelling of Slovenian Slak, a nickname from slak ‘bindweed’.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Weak, slacked.
Biblical
weak; slacked
SLACK
SLACK
Girl/Female
Tamil
Chitradevi | சிதà¯à®°à®¾à®¤à¯‡à®µà¯€Â
Goddess Saraswati
Boy/Male
Hindu
A constellation
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Aaron, ARRYN means "light-bringer."
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Silk-cotton Tree
Boy/Male
Tamil
Chiranjeevee | சிரஂஜீவீ
Immortal person, Without death, Eternal being, Long lived, Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Indian
A flower name
Female
Spanish
Pet form of Spanish Rosario, CHARO means "rosary."
Boy/Male
Tamil
God is the judge
Girl/Female
English American
and Kayla. Keeper of the keys; pure.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Someone with a strong character
SLACK
SLACK
SLACK
SLACK
SLACK
superl.
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
a.
Alt. of Slacken
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Slacken
v. t.
To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
superl.
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
imp. & p. p.
of Slacken
a.
To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
n.
The quality or state of being slack.
n.
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
v. t.
Alt. of Slacken
adv.
Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
a.
To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
a.
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
v. t.
To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
v. t.
To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
adv.
In a slack manner.
superl.
Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
superl.
Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.