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A slide is a single page of a presentation. A group of slides is called a slide deck. A slide show is an exposition of a series of slides or images in an electronic device or on a projection screen. Before personal computers, they were 35 mm slides viewed with a slide projector [1] or transparencies viewed with an overhead projector.
A slide show in Germany. A slide show, or slideshow, is a presentation of a series of still images on a projection screen or electronic display device, typically in a prearranged sequence. The changes may be automatic and at regular intervals or they may be manually controlled by a presenter or the viewer.
On July 24, 2007, Slideshare introduced a format called "SlideCast" [10] [11] [12] to "make web multimedia using only a ppt file and an mp3". [11]According to Boutelle, the word slidecast is a portmanteau of "Slide show" and "podcasting".
A microscope slide (top) and a cover slip (bottom) A microscope slide is a thin flat piece of glass, typically 75 by 26 mm (3 by 1 inches) and about 1 mm thick, used to hold objects for examination under a microscope. Typically the object is mounted (secured) on the slide, and then both are inserted together in the microscope for viewing. This ...
Bungee jumping off the Victoria Falls Bridge in Zambia/Zimbabwe. Bungee jumping (/ ˈ b ʌ n dʒ i /), also spelled bungy jumping, is an activity that involves a person jumping from a great height while connected to a large elastic cord.
A spiral slide is a playground slide that is wrapped around a central pole to form a descending spiral forming a simple helter skelter. A wavy slide is a slide that has waves in its shape, causing the person sliding to go up and down slightly while descending. A tube slide is simply a slide in the form of a tube. It can also curve or have bumps.
Evacuation slide used in an emergency drill. An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft quickly. An escape slide is required on all commercial (passenger carrying) aircraft where the door sill height is such that, in the event of an evacuation, passengers would be unable to step down from the door uninjured (Federal Aviation Administration requires slides on all ...
Aresti symbol for a tailslide. The tailslide is an aerobatic maneuver that starts from level flight with a 1 ⁄ 4 loop up into a straight vertical climb (at full power) until the aircraft loses momentum.