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Terminology (lemmy.world)

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[–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I hear "master" all the time, usually replaced with "main" or "parent". I NEVER hear "slave" unless im in extremely old server bios. It shocked me the first time i saw it, which was around 2017