Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : Arelor
From : Jeff
Date : Sun Jan 30 2022 17:10:28

On 30 Jan 2022, Arelor said the following...
 Ar>  > Hmm. That convention not appear to have made it to the circles I freque
 Ar>  > Blacklisting and whitelisting are terms commonly used in IT security.
 Ar> Yes, and also master->slave relationships in databases.

I have seen attempts to rework the master/slave terminology in hardware
nomenclature as well.

 Ar> A number of projects have been forced to change the names of internal
 Ar> functions of the code. zzz, from the Java implementation of i2p, claimed
 Ar> he adopted the blocklist terminology and removed the terms Master and
 Ar> Slave because it was necessary to protect the project.

I'm not sure things have reached the point yet where the existence of a
project depends on the latest politically-correct naming conventions, but
it's advantageous to be ahead of the curve on these things.

Jeff.

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