Gregory's Server@JessTheUnstill Have you or anyone else heard of a good inclusive alternative to "master alarm"? Preferably, one that is actually used in industry to an extent.
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 @johnelamb @JessTheUnstill I'm thinking of its general use in e.g. annunciator panels, which does apply usually to planes, yes. Reason being that I'm developing a game which has "master alarms" that can be individually silenced. I don't think global or integral are clear enough - global implies a warning for the whole system, while integral seems unintuitive to me (less clear definition imo) @johnelamb interestingly, even in this case it's not perfect. master implies control of the slaves, whereas in reality a master alarm is triggered by its subjects :blobcatgiggle:​ @johnelamb I like Aggregator! Aggregate maybe? I probably wouldn't use it when I'm trying to replicate industry standards, but it's something I'd be ready to suggest as an alternative  @johnelamb @ator Some googling talks about "Area Alarm" or "Combination Alarm". Some other random ideas: Facility @JessTheUnstill @ator one thing that I like about this approach is i image there is a lot of overlap between people using the old terms, and people who really want things to mean exactly what they say, and we can use that later pedantry to lubricate the social change for the first. Use the “technically true is the best kind of true” effect to our advantage.  @ator @johnelamb |
@ator @JessTheUnstill huh. This might be an instance where “master” makes sense, it’s not referring to slave and in airplanes, it really is a catch-all. (Are you thinking of “master caution” in a cockpit?)
But in the spirit of doing away with it anyway, “global” or “integral” might do?