Hijacking this because you're top comment and everyone is talking about the origin of the term (the thing you load into a projector back in the days of physical slides), but no one's answering the actual question as intended:
"Slide Deck" is the term used for the series of slides shown during a presentation, but "Presentation" refers to the whole performance, including non-slide elements like speeches and demos
I'm 28 and have no idea what a slide deck is. Is that somehow the new term for a PowerPoint presentation?
Hijacking this because you're top comment and everyone is talking about the origin of the term (the thing you load into a projector back in the days of physical slides), but no one's answering the actual question as intended:
"Slide Deck" is the term used for the series of slides shown during a presentation, but "Presentation" refers to the whole performance, including non-slide elements like speeches and demos