title: Slate (disambiguation)
text: # Slate (disambiguation)
  
  Slate is a type of rock, often used for roofing.
  
  Slate may also refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  * 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
  
  * Slate (surname)
  
  ## Arts, entertainment, and media
  
  * 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
  
  * 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
  
  ### Electronics and internet
  
  * 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
  
  * 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
  
  * Slate (typeface), a neo-grotesque typeface
  * Slate gray, a color
  * Slate turkey, a breed of domestic fowl
  