RE: Pet Peeves

["Al Geist" <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>]

     Sean Brierley wrote:
 
     Well, some people call them "mainboards."

     What about daughterboards?

     And, is motherboard insulting? Is it bad? Why don't I see that?

Daughterboards is already used to denote PCBs that plug into motherboards,  

Ironically, I have never heard of sonboards plugging into
fatherboards....maybe Amy is right...technical terminology is sexist.

Al


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