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Slashdot (Abk. „/.“) ist eine Mischung aus einem web-basierten Nachrichtenticker und einem Weblog, ausgerichtet auf technische Neuigkeiten. Von Rob Malda 1997 gegründet, gehört Slashdot heute zur Open Source Technology Group, dem ehemaligen Open Source Development Network. via wikipedia

What does the name "Slashdot" mean?
"Slashdot" is a sort of obnoxious parody of a URL. When I originally registered the domain, I wanted to make the URL silly, and unpronounceable. Try reading out the full URL to http://slashdot.org and you'll see what I mean. Of course my cocky little joke has turned around and bit me in the butt because now I am called upon constantly to tell people my URL or email address. I can't tell you how many people respond confused "So do I spell out the 'dot' or is that just a period?" via slashdot