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Why do some people call these sliders?
Things that show a series of images are called carousels (because they rotate!). And what if your “slider” (carousel) fades instead of transitioning with a horizontal wipe? Not sliding then! Sliders are things you drag and drop to select a value within a range (like a volume slider).
Had not seen carousels called “sliders” until two days ago, but I hate this misnomer more than anything.
Please also note that both Bootstrap and YUI call this pattern a “carousel,” and some of the most popular jQuery plugins do, as well.
I don't think there is an accepted universal term. I try to stick to what it is actually doing...if it fades, it's a fader. If it slides it's a slider.
Why choose an ambiguous word when a specific one exists?
Keep in mind the point of calling it anything at all is communication, and communication is a lot harder if people don’t hear what you mean.
Call it carousel, and someone either gets it, or asks what a carousel is.
Call it a slider, and half of your audience assumes you meant something else entirely.
(Also, saying a term is not “universal” is pretty much a tautology in the real world, and it is not a valid argument. And a carousel that fades between items is still rotating, just as ads are “in rotation” on the radio even though nothing turns around: yes, rotation is a somewhat ambiguous word, too.)