The name is derived from the term Slip-cueing, which Wikipedia defines as, “a turntable-based DJ technique that consists of holding a record still while the platter rotates underneath the slipmat and releasing it at the right moment.”

The Slipcue is formally known as the @ scheduler. There are various reasons for the name change. I’ve only shown the Slipcue as a simple mechanism for scheduling tasks, though it controls so much more:

• Syncing other Slipmat processes, ticks, threads and shreds
• Starting, Stoping, Pausing, fast forwarding, rewinding
• The Master Clock (or Mistress Clock)
• Task Management
• Units of Time
• Tempo
• etc

Plus, “the Slipcue” rolls off the tongue rather well.