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‘Master,’ ‘Slave’ and the Fight Over Offensive Terms in Computing

Fascinating report on many fronts: decision-making, standards, achieving consensus, humming as a form of dissent, and of course dealing with pesky terms laden with the emotional baggage of racism and sexism. The Internet Engineering Task Force has their work cut out for them!

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