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Etymology

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multi- +‎ master

Adjective

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multimaster (not comparable)

  1. (computing) Relating to more than one master.
    Coordinate term: multislave
    • 2003, Brian Arkills, LDAP Directories Explained: An Introduction and Analysis, page 143:
      The multimaster model makes the replica and partition terminology much harder to distinguish, []
    • 2009, Jean J. Labrosse, Jack Ganssle, Robert Oshana, Embedded Software, page 447:
      SPI supports both multimaster and multislave environments.