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November 28, 2003

‘Master’ & ‘Slave’ computer labels cause controversy

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When I first heard about someone being upset over the use of the terms ’master’ and ’slave’ for describing hard drive precedence, I thought it was absurd. I still think that, but apparently <a href=http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/11/26/master.term.reut/index.html>this story</a> has legs and is travelling. Heaven help us.

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