Comment on If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?
SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 4 weeks agoThe issue is acronyms; there’s millions of products, schematics, datasheets, and manuals that refer to them as MISO and MOSI with no further explanation. Any new standard that doesn’t fit runs into the 15-competing-standards problem, and ought to be followed by an “AKA MISO” every time it’s used.
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 4 weeks ago
Just have to find synonyms that begin with the same letters, possibly in different languages.
superkret@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Other countries all use the English terms.
Except for the French, probably.
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 4 weeks ago
I was thinking of synonyms in different languages, like magister and scholasticus, which are teacher and student in latin.
superkret@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Mylord and Squire