Slack
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English
Etymology
- As an English and Dutch surname, from the adjective slack.
- Also as an English surname, from the noun slack (“shallow valley”).
- Possibly also a Slovene surname Americanized from slak (“bindweed”), from Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ.
- The name of the software is an acronym of Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge.
Proper noun
Slack (countable and uncountable, plural Slacks)
- A surname.
- A place in England:
- A hamlet in Ashover parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3362).
- A hamlet in Heptonstall parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9828).
- A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, near Outlane, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0817).
- (Internet, software) A real-time collaboration app and platform launched in 2013.
- 2025, Liz Pelly, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, 1st edition, New York: Atria Books, →ISBN:
- On Slack, the employees of Strategic Programming chattered about metadata tagging issues.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Slack is the 2692nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13377 individuals. Slack is most common among White (82.95%) and Black/African American (11.62%) individuals.
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