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(slāv)

(computer science) A terminal or computer that is controlled by another computer.
(control systems) A device whose motions are governed by instructions from another machine.

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A computer or peripheral device controlled by another computer. For example, a terminal or printer in a remote location that only receives data is a slave. When two computers are hooked up via their serial or parallel ports for file exchange, the file transfer program may make one computer the master and the other the slave.

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