Tuesday, April 13, 2021

‘Master,’ ‘slave’ and the fight over offensive terms in computing


A group that helped create the technical foundations of the internet is tackling a thorny issue: getting rid of computer engineering terms that evoke racist history, such as “master,” “slave,” “whitelist” and “blacklist.”

source https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/master-slave-and-the-fight-over-offensive-terms-in-computing/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_technology

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