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"man" is at least short for "manual". There's nothing essential about master/slave so why not just switch to primary/replica?

• robd003 12y ago
  Because the master forces the slave to do it's bidding.
  • diroussel 12y ago
    Not if the replica is pulling changes from the primary.
  • kenko 12y ago
    But ... so what? For one thing, the metaphor doesn't have to go that way. For another, "leader/follower" captures that too.
• moe 12y ago
  Because there is no reason to screw with common terminology to begin with. Neither Master nor Slave is a derogatory word. And using the concept of slavery to describe a relationship between inanimate objects in a technical context is not an endorsement of such practices between humans.