Time-division multiplexing

A time slot (English timeslot ) or a time slice (English timeslice ) is - in Information Technology - a period of fixed length, within which a resource can be used, and is periodically available.

Communications Engineering

In communication engineering at the time-division multiplexing method, a time slot is a dedicated time slot within a transmission frame, and usually corresponds to a transmission channel ( for example, a B channel of an ISDN Primary Rate Interface ).

Computer science

In multitasking operating systems that are based on the time-slice method, a time slot is the interval in which the processor output is provided to a task is available. After the interval, the scheduler resumes the processor. Decide based on the priorities of these, if the current task is performed in a further time slot, or a waiting task in the row.

Aviation

Airports with high traffic assigned time slots to airlines so that they can plan their flights so that aircraft movements are distributed over a larger period of time. This can be carried out according to its flight schedule all flights. Without this practice, it would come in the rush hour traffic jams in takeoffs and landings, by the would be no reliable scheduling of flights possible.