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Other Computer Terms Banned by
Los Angeles County
Los
Angeles County recently asked vendors to stop using the term
master/slave in product descriptions and labelling. Here are
some other terms that they wanted changed and their alternatives.
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11. |
SCSI - Cleanliness impaired |
10. |
Killer App - Socially Maladjusted App |
9. |
USB - USA |
8. |
Floppy Drive - Erectile Dysfunction Drive |
7. |
DIP Switches - Mentally Challenged Switches |
6. |
HyperThreading - Attention Deficit Disability
Threading |
5. |
Heat Sink - He/Sheat Sink |
4. |
Winmodem - Funmodem |
3. |
ATAPI Device - Native American Device |
2. |
Motherboard - Non-gender Specific Parentboard |
1. |
Cancel/Retry/Abort - Cancel/Retry/Allow
Woman to Choose |
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