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Subject:Re: Political Correctness (Was Re: Master/Slave) From:Elizabeth Ross <beth -at- vcubed -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 15 May 2000 15:00:42 -0400
> From: Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org>
>
> Getting back on topic, is anyone trying to do away with master/slave (and
> those
> other terms that keep coming up here, such as abort) other than TWs?
Primary device/target device are also in use in among the engineers 'round
here. Give that two sets of terms exist, I would tend to go with the less
offensive of the the two.
--
Elizabeth Ross
Senior Technical Writer
V3 Semiconductor Corp.
beth -at- vcubed -dot- com http://www.vcubed.com
