Time is up for the terms “master” and “slave”, a university has ruled, as changes are made to the technical vocabulary traditionally used to describe types of clock.
Timepieces often fall into the categories of either an accurate “master” device or the “slave” devices which follow it, in the manner of multiple clocks in schools or offices, but these traditional terms have come under scrutiny.
Clocks will no longer be referred to as "master" or "slave", the University of Salford has decided, as part of efforts to “decolonise the curriculum”.
