Joe,
Well, I see my use of the secret code word 'slot' successfully confused everyone . .LOL!!
I don't know what to call it, Joe and in my case it is actually a round hole in the disk, . . . . BUT . . . , the Mach manual calls it a 'slot' so I assumed that was the convention.
. . "When in Machville . . . ."
Interesting discussion, thanks all.