<s>
A	O
slide	O
show	O
(	O
slideshow	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
presentation	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
still	O
images	O
(	O
slides	O
)	O
on	O
a	O
projection	O
screen	O
or	O
electronic	B-Device
display	I-Device
device	O
,	O
typically	O
in	O
a	O
prearranged	O
sequence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slide	O
shows	O
originally	O
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
individual	O
photographic	O
slides	O
projected	O
onto	O
a	O
screen	O
with	O
a	O
slide	B-Device
projector	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slide	O
shows	O
are	O
sometimes	O
still	O
conducted	O
by	O
a	O
presenter	O
using	O
an	O
apparatus	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
carousel	O
slide	B-Device
projector	I-Device
or	O
an	O
overhead	B-Device
projector	I-Device
,	O
but	O
now	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
electronic	O
video	O
display	O
device	O
and	O
a	O
computer	O
running	O
presentation	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
typical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slide	O
shows	O
had	O
their	O
beginnings	O
in	O
the	O
1600s	O
,	O
when	O
hand-painted	O
images	O
on	O
glass	O
were	O
first	O
projected	O
onto	O
a	O
wall	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
magic	B-Device
lantern	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
late	O
1700s	O
,	O
showmen	O
were	O
using	O
magic	B-Device
lanterns	I-Device
to	O
thrill	O
audiences	O
with	O
seemingly	O
supernatural	O
apparitions	O
in	O
a	O
popular	O
form	O
of	O
entertainment	O
called	O
a	O
phantasmagoria	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Magic	B-Device
lantern	I-Device
shows	O
"	O
also	O
served	O
as	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
home	O
entertainment	O
and	O
were	O
especially	O
popular	O
with	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
advertising	O
,	O
the	O
antique	O
"	O
magic	B-Device
lantern	I-Device
"	O
terminology	O
was	O
streamlined	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
framed	O
pieces	O
of	O
film	O
were	O
simply	O
"	O
slides	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
lantern	O
used	O
to	O
project	O
them	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
slide	B-Device
projector	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presentation	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
business	O
world	O
,	O
where	O
millions	O
of	O
presentations	O
are	O
created	O
daily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slide	O
shows	O
have	O
artistic	O
uses	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
being	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
screensaver	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
to	O
provide	O
dynamic	O
imagery	O
for	O
a	O
museum	O
presentation	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
installation	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Byrne	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
,	O
has	O
created	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Slide	O
Show	O
,	O
an	O
exhibition	O
organized	O
at	O
the	O
Baltimore	O
Museum	O
of	O
Art	O
:	O
“	O
Through	O
the	O
simple	O
technology	O
of	O
the	O
slide	B-Device
projector	I-Device
and	O
35mm	O
color	O
transparency	O
,	O
artists	O
discovered	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
enabled	O
the	O
transformation	O
of	O
space	O
through	O
the	O
magnification	O
of	O
projected	O
pictures	O
,	O
texts	O
,	O
and	O
images.	O
”	O
Although	O
some	O
artists	O
have	O
not	O
necessarily	O
used	O
35mm	O
or	O
color	O
slides	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Robert	O
Barry	O
,	O
have	O
even	O
abandoned	O
images	O
for	O
texts	O
,	O
35mm	O
color	O
film	B-Device
slides	I-Device
are	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photo	O
slide	O
show	O
software	O
has	O
made	O
it	O
easy	O
to	O
create	O
electronic	O
digital	O
slide	O
shows	O
,	O
eliminating	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
expensive	O
color	O
reversal	O
film	O
and	O
requiring	O
only	O
a	O
digital	B-Device
camera	I-Device
and	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Web-based	O
slide	O
show	O
is	O
a	O
slide	O
show	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
(	O
viewed	O
or	O
presented	O
)	O
using	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
web	O
based	O
slide	O
shows	O
are	O
generated	O
from	O
presentation	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
may	O
be	O
difficult	O
to	O
change	O
(	O
usually	O
unintentionally	O
so	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
a	O
fully	O
fledged	O
presentation	B-Application
program	I-Application
the	O
web	O
based	O
slide	O
shows	O
are	O
usually	O
limited	O
in	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
web-based	O
slide	O
show	O
is	O
typically	O
generated	O
to	O
or	O
authored	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
CSS	B-Language
code	O
(	O
files	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
