Linux team approves new terminology, bans terms like 'blacklist' and 'slave'

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[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

This is obviously just a nod to the BLM protests, but a lot of the proposals make more sense. "Blocklist" is a lot easier to understand than "Blacklist", and the same goes for "Passlist" and "Whitelist". If you don't know anything about computers, you won't know what a "Blacklist" is, but if it's called a "Blocklist" you'll figure it out pretty quickly.

[–]Spaceplone 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

were the terms "Master" and "Slave" ever accurate descriptions of stuff's relationship in tech? Especially with things like IDE drives?

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Yes, they made/make sense in the drive context - but also in any other context in which one object/entity is giving all the commands, and the other object/entity is only able to follow orders.