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Slate is a type of rock, often used for roofing.
Slate may also refer to:
Places
edit- Slate, Kansas, a ghost town in the United States
- Slate, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
- Slate, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
- Slate Run, a tributary of Pine Creek in Pennsylvania
People
editArts, entertainment, and media
edit- Slate (magazine), an online publication
- "Slate", a song by Uncle Tupelo from the album Anodyne
- Slates (EP), an EP by The Fall
Government and politics
edit- Slate (elections), a group of candidates in a multi-seat or multi-position election
- SLATE (1958–1966), a campus political party at the University of California, Berkeley
Technology
editElectronics and internet
edit- HP Slate 500, a Windows 7 tablet computer manufactured by Hewlett-Packard
- Slate PC, a Microsoft Tablet PC running Windows 7
- Slate phone, a smartphone form factor
- Slate tablet, a tablet computer form factor
- SLATES, the business impacting capabilities of Web 2.0
- Pixel Slate, a Google tablet computer
Other technologies
edit- Slate (writing), a board for writing on
- Slate board (clapperboard), a device used during film production
- Slate (broadcasting), a title card listing important metadata of a television program
- Slate and stylus, tools used by blind persons to write and read
Other uses
edit- Slate (typeface), a neo-grotesque typeface
- Slate gray, a color
- Slate turkey, a breed of domestic fowl