of elements it contains • cap(s) ◦ the number of elements in the underlying array, counting from the first element in the slice s := []int{2, 3, 4}// len=3, cap=3 s = s[:0] // [], len=0, cap=3 s = s[:2] // [2,3], len=2, cap=3 s = s[1:] // [3], len=1, cap=2