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master vs main (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Apparently master / slave goes back more than 100 years. An example is "slave jib", which was a sail on a sailboat that was permanently set to catch the wind, and was almost always working. Or slave clocks and master clocks, where one primary clock is used to set other dependent clocks.