Comment on If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?
Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 months ago
What’s wrong with primary/secondary or main/alternate!?
Comment on If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?
Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 months ago
What’s wrong with primary/secondary or main/alternate!?
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Primary and secondary are usually peers, where the secondary takes over when the primary isn’t functioning. Which isn’t the same relationship, as the master/slave terminology indicates that if the master fails, the slave will also fail.
Parent/child is probably a better way to describe this kind of relationship.