If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?

Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 609 points –

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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Aren't IDE drives basically the only thing that used the master/slave terminology?

Icinga2 uses it

Databses used to and switched to primary secondary

Code releses use master, develop...

Its all over software still but transitioning

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Bluetooth used it as well, but have now switched to central/peripheral.

Nah, industrial communication protocols in the IT industry uses lots of master/slave terminology. E.g. Modbus and Profibus DP comes to mind.

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