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Do you think it's time we changed the terminology Master/Slave to Primary/Secondary?

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Fred Copeland
·Apr 23, 2016

Yes, Primary/Secondary is the right way

46%

No, Master/Slave feels correct

54%

46 votes · Closed

There is this recent controversy doing rounds on the internet. So, I am asking this here - Do you think it's offensive to call something master-slave? How about changing it to something more civilized Primary-Secondary?

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