Roster

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A roster is a list of names of people involved with some organization.

A roster can be a list of people and the times when they are required to work or a list of students in a classroom.

The term roster is often used to describe a list of people who participate in an event. Although rosters can be associated with non-competitive events, they are most commonly associated with athletics.

Examples could be a team roster or depth chart in which the person's place on the team would be decided. The names of the places on a roster can be such terms as Starter or Backup, or for American football, First String, Second String, or Third String.

A "railway roster" can also refer to a detailed list of the types and wheel arrangements of steam, diesel or electric locomotives based at a particular shed, or of model locomotives on a particular model railway.

A roster is also used in video games. It is usually the amount of characters in the game. Most games have small rosters but fighting games have very large ones.

Roster is also the name of the contact list for the Instant Messaging Protocol XMPP^[1]

A "Martini Roster" is based on the TV advertisement for the drink with the same name: "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere." This means management can make you work whenever they want.

See also

• Rota
• CANADEM Civilian Roster
• Developmental roster
• Fred H. Roster (born 1944), an American sculptor
• Schedule (workplace)

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