What terms should be used?? Domimant and submissive? Hmmm... There's an idea. And may bring in a whole new group of people who may not have found computers otherwise.
And how about other offensive term? RAM... ROM... PEEK... POKE... SCSI ("It sounds strange, so MUST be rude")... Plug in.
Sometimes a cigar is really JUST A CIGAR, people.
P.