Eike writes: > instead of "whitelist" and "blacklist" I would like to propose the terms: > "allowlist" and "rejectlist"
Yes, that improves communications. The words are no longer and express their meanings quite directly. > instead of (for example on disk drives) "master" and "slave" I like to > propose the terms: "lead" and "lag" which are e.g. used when > electrically managing two pumps working on the same hydraulic circuit. Incomprehensible to most people and not technically correct. A device with leading phase (by some measure: it may have lagging phase by another) does not necessarily control one with lagging phase. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA