Slider (disambiguation)

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Slider may refer to:

• a baseball pitch; see slider.
  • Slider is also the name of the Cleveland Indians' mascot.
• a part of a parachute; see slider (parachuting).
• a cricket delivery; see slider (cricket).
• a turtle or terrapin of the genus Trachemys
• a person who claims to affect electrical objects such as streetlights is called a SLIder. The phenomenon describing them is called Street light interference.
• a rock band from Austin, Texas.
• Slider (sometimes spelled Slyder), a hamburger sold by the White Castle restaurant chain. The term is often used generically to describe any small hamburger, particularly one served as an appetizer.
• a metal bar that is welded or bolted to the undercariage of an off-road vehicle to prevent damage to the body or frame when driving over rough terrain.
• an adjustable electronic control (usually a potentiometer) that moves in a linear fashion rather than a more common rotary control. Often used as a volume control in an audio mixing board (where it is also known as a fader) or for similar applications such as brightness control on a light switch or a speed control on an electric motor.
• a GUI control also known as a range control in XForms; see Slider (computing).

Sliders was a 1995-2000 Fox network science fiction TV program.