More "master" "slave" reference for computer terms

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[milan]

Claim: The County of Los Angeles has requested that equipment vendors avoid using the industry term "Master/Slave" in product descriptions and labelling.

Status: True.

[Jack of all Trades]

Just wait until they find out that all the data, err.. infor... err, Logical Content has to travel on a BUS!

[upchuck]

HA!

If you think this is something, wait until they find out about "twisted pair" cabling. LOL!!

[visualops]

Motherboard and main board are both still used, and there are "daughter" boards/cards as well.
I think the people who can't handle the names of things just shouldn't use them. Leave life to the rest of us who aren't afraid of living.

[joesnuffy]

I guess the terms 'male ends' and 'female ends' are also on the block....

[Egg]

The gov't schools are busy re-educating our churln that it's C.E. (common era) and B.C.E. (before common era) and not A.D. (anno Domini--"year of our Lord") and B.C. (before Christ).
The wicked deal in confusion, not fact.

[ArrogantBustard]

What living American was ever a slave?

It's entirely possible that some immigrants from east Africa, now naturalised citizens, have either owned or been slaves.