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[-] bob_lemon@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago
  • Leader/Follower
  • Origin(al)/Replica
  • Primary/Secondary

There's a lot of really well-fitting words to accurately describe the relations. Master/Slave is honestly not one of them.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

My thoughts exactly. The only positive to the deprecated name might have been its memorability, but that’s hardly worth using slave/master

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