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Home > Linux > Linux also bans terms like “blacklist” and “slave”

Linux also bans terms like “blacklist” and “slave”

Linus Torvalds announced that the terminology used in the Linux kernel code and documentation will be replaced.


Erdem Yasar Erdem Yasar
July 14, 2020
1 min read
Linux also bans terms like blacklist and slave

Many technology companies are changing their terminology to avoid words that can be considered racist, such as master/slave and blacklist/whitelist. Linus Torvalds announced that Linux is joining the companies that are switching to the new terminology, but the replacements are not certain yet. The proposal was made by the Linux kernel maintainer Dan Williams on July 4th and Linus Torvalds approved it. The new and more neutral and inclusive language is also added to the proposal.

Neutral and inclusive language

The Linux team is asked to choose the most appropriate terms from a list provided in the proposal. 

Master/Slave alternatives in the proposal:

  • primary/secondary
  • main/replica or subordinate
  • initiator/target
  • requester/responder
  • controller/device
  • host/worker or proxy
  • leader/follower
  • director/performer

Blacklist/Whitelist alternatives in the proposal:

  • denylist/allowlist
  • blocklist/passlist

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Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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