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| Term | Replacements | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | black hat | unethical(adj), unethical hacker(n) | This term is racially insensitive | |
| 1 | blacklist | denylist(n), banned list(n), block(v), deny(v), ban(v) | This term is racially insensitive | |
| 2 | blackout | restriction(n), outage(n), restrict(v), failed (adj) | This term is racially insensitive | |
| 3 | brownout | restriction(n), outage(n), restrict(v), failed (adj), network degradation (np) | This term is racially insensitive | |
| 4 | cakewalk | easy | This term is racially insensitive | |
| 5 | crazy | baffling | This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities | |
| 6 | cripples | slows | This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities | |
| 7 | disable | deactivate | This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities | |
| 8 | dummy | placeholder | This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities | |
| 9 | female | jack(n), socket(n) | This term can be genderist. Avoid using it in anthropomorphic contexts such as for physical connections. | |
| 10 | grandfathered | legacy (adj) | This is racially insensitive when used as an adjective or verb. | |
| 11 | handicap | obstacle (n), impede (v), restrict (v) | This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities | |
| 12 | kill | Stop, halt | This term carries implications of violence | |
| 13 | man | person | Avoid unnecessarily gendered language | |
| 14 | mankind | humanity | Avoid unnecessarily gendered language | |
| 15 | master | primary, main, controller, control plane, original, reference, leader | This term is racially insensitive | |
| 16 | rule of thumb | rule, guideline | This term carries implications of domestic violence | |
| 17 | sanity check | confidence check | This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities | |
| 18 | sanity test | confidence test | This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities | |
| 19 | segregate | separate | This term is racially insensitive | |
| 20 | segregation | separation | This term is racially insensitive | |
| 21 | slave | secondary, worker, replica | This term is racially insensitive | |
| 22 | suffer | decrease, lessen, shrink, increase, growth, experience | This term carries implications of violence | |
| 23 | war room | operations room, ops room | This term carries implications of violence | |
| 24 | white hat | ethical(adj) | This term is racially insensitive | |
| 25 | White list | allowlist(n), safelist(n), acceptlist(n), approved list(n), allow(v), approve(v) | This term is racially insensitive |
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