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I agree with the esteemed Mr. G. These are
industry terms and any attempts to dislodge them
are going to be shouting at the tide.
The concept of "slaving a drive" or "slaving a
unit" to something else is well-established. If
it makes the engineer at all happier, you can
point out that it's not "enslaving a
drive." Come to think of it, if this guy's an
engineer, what's he done when this issue came up before?
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At 12:09 PM 4/10/2008, john -at- garisons -dot- com wrote:
>IIRC, this was discussed to death not too long ago.
>
>I can't remember the final result, but to my mind it's like using the
>terms male and female to describe the two different types of receptors:
>it's an industry standard term, and if you don't use it, you are likely to
>confuse more people than you discomfort. As a technical communicator, I
>tend to choose clarity over comfort.
>
>My 2¢,
>
>John G
>
>
>
> >> What would you call the unit that controls the other
> >> one? What would you call the one that is under control
> >> of the first one?
> > Priamry and secondary controllers?
>
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