If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?
If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?
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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even better, top/bottom
8 1 ReplyPower bottom/service top erasure!
3 0 Replybut what if i order my master/slave drives the other way around, with the master drive on the bottom?
2 0 ReplyDo all pf these things still imply some form of ownership, natural hierarchy? Are numbers racist now? Whenever I type 1 over 2, I think about black people getting whipped. :(
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