Post AV5O622CA2fraqG3vc by amd@social.amd.im
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 (DIR) Post #AV5KVZcS1z7HB48kzY by dangoodin@infosec.exchange
       2023-04-27T17:55:11Z
       
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       Can someone recommend better nomenclature for master/slave when talking about hard drives?
       
 (DIR) Post #AV5KVaTGrbMposqwK0 by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
       2023-04-27T18:01:13Z
       
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       @dangoodin For better or worse, those are the terms that were used. Since IDE is a dead interface, I think it will only cause confusion if we try to change the terminology retroactively.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV5M1h99gBKbkDJlZI by dangoodin@infosec.exchange
       2023-04-27T18:05:10Z
       
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       Thanks for all the suggestions! For clarification, I'm looking for more suitable nomenclature to describe the relationship of not just hard drives, but other types of devices in which one device has a unidirectional control over one or more devices.I like many of the suggestions I'm seeing, but I'm concerned that many (e.g. primary/secondary or primary/ancillary) won't be clear to readers.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV5M1i1OQWiUSQh56m by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
       2023-04-27T18:18:13Z
       
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       @dangoodin The master/slave terms have been used in a wide variety of situations. I don't think finding a single substitute that covers them all is possible.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV5O622CA2fraqG3vc by amd@social.amd.im
       2023-04-27T18:41:25Z
       
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       @mansr @dangoodin A personal rule of thumb is that if I start my post with “for better or for worse”, I have already gone off the rails and need to reconsider. We don’t need to do the worse thing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV5P8g5eJ0v8MChPlI by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
       2023-04-27T18:53:07Z
       
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       @amd @dangoodin Do you feel better now?