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If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology's problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

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[–] SupraMario 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It was changed a while ago, it's primary and secondary now. It's been that way for a decade+ at this point.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Not every domain though. I still see master/slave in every relevant datasheets that I read, and I've never seen primary/secondary in newer datasheets.

[–] SupraMario 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That's interesting, because everything I run into now has primary/secondary or main and secondary. I've not seen master and slave for a good 5 years now, sure older stuff still carries it but most that new has swapped over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

I should recheck newer datasheets, but I still see master/slave nomenclature in STM32 doc and tools for example.