On Thu, 2016-03-03 at 13:02 -0800, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> 
> I wonder if we should instead go to something else we explored, which
> is
> "tangs and slots". If you don't say "plug" it becomes much clearer
> that
> the slot is the receiver, and tang is a nice word in many ways.
> 
> The provider of an interface is a tang, the consumer or receiver is a
> slot. Snaps have slots which can or must be filled, and tangs which
> they
> can offer other snaps to fill slots.

FYI, tang has some pretty strong slang connotations at least in the US
(see urban dictionary).

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Jamie Strandboge             | http://www.canonical.com

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