Companies like Apple, Red Hat, and GitHub are dropping decades-old coding terms like 'slave' or 'blacklist.' Advocates say it's a small but important step towards a more inclusive tech industry (MSFT)

Companies like Apple, Red Hat, and GitHub are dropping decades-old coding terms like 'slave' or 'blacklist.' Advocates say it's a small but important step towards a more inclusive tech industry (MSFT)

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· The open source community is moving to reject software terms like "master," "slave," "blacklist," and "whitelist" in an effort to be more inclusive. 
· Advocates say that more inclusive terminology not only helps Black developers and other developers from marginalized groups feel more welcome; the new terms are often also...

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