Re: technical terms overhaul
Eike writes:
> instead of "whitelist" and "blacklist" I would like to propose the terms:
> "allowlist" and "rejectlist"
Yes, that improves communications. The words are no longer and express
their meanings quite directly.
> instead of (for example on disk drives) "master" and "slave" I like to
> propose the terms: "lead" and "lag" which are e.g. used when
> electrically managing two pumps working on the same hydraulic circuit.
Incomprehensible to most people and not technically correct. A device
with leading phase (by some measure: it may have lagging phase by
another) does not necessarily control one with lagging phase.
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John Hasler
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
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