Linus Torvalds and the Linux team have approved new terminology, and banned terms like ‘blacklist’ and ‘slave’.

The Linux team did not recommend any specific terms but asked developers to choose as appropriate.

Twitter, Microsoft, Android, and many others have made similar moves in recent months,

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• Linux team approves new terminology, bans terms like ‘blacklist’ and ‘slave’
• Merge tag ‘inclusive-terminology’ of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/linux
• Google Chrome team moving away from the words ‘blacklist’ and ‘whitelist’ to be more inclusive