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'A Los Angeles County official has asked electronic equipment vendors to consider eliminating the terms "master" and slave" from equipment.
Vendors were sent an e-mail last week that says the terms may be offensive.
The term "master" and "slave" -- when applied to electronic equipment -- describes one device controlling another.
In May, a black employee filed a discrimination complaint with the county Office of Affirmative Action Compliance after noticing the words on a videotape machine.
The issue was solved by putting tape over the labels and replacing "master" and "slave" with "primary" and "secondary.'
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http://www.nbc13.com/technology/2668939/detail.html