[HBASE-13852] Replace master-slave terminology in book, site, and javadoc with a more modern vocabulary

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Later
• Component/s: documentation, website
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Created: 07/Jun/15 00:41
• Updated: 17/Jun/22 18:35
• Resolved: 15/Jun/22 00:45

Description

We should reconsider our use of historical master-slave terminology everywhere - book, site, and javadoc - and replace it with a more modern vocabulary. There was a conversation in the background at HBaseCon about this (I was involved in one on Twitter). Out of some of the suggestions, I like "coordinator" as replacement for "master", and "worker" as one replacement for "slave", with the other the more descriptive "regionserver" or "region server".

Issue Links

• is related to: HBASE-12677 Update replication docs to clarify terminology