Sounds like your experience is primarily with data stores then? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(technology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/sl

Sounds like your experience is primarily with data stores then? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(technology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(technology) It's used correctly in several of the cases listed here. Also, Jenkins uses (or used?) the term correctly.