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planning:vocabulary

Relating to the motion in support of inclusive vocabulary that was passed 2020-11-10, here is a list of proposed replacement terms:

  • master/slave → primary/replica or primary/secondary
  • blacklist/whitelist → blocklist/allowlist'master' branch → 'default' or 'main' git branches
  • 'black-hat' and 'white-hat' hackers → 'red team' and 'blue team'
  • You guys/ladies & gentlemen → folks, friends, colleagues, people etc.
  • _man → firefighter, police officer, chairperson, etc
  • man-made → artificial
  • man-hours → person-hours, working hours, etc.

See for more details: https://www.ius.edu/diversity/reduce-bias.php

planning/vocabulary.txt · Last modified: 2020/11/10 19:37 by drea