スレーブ

noun

slave device; subordinate device

Technical noun for a device, process, or unit controlled by a master. The master/slave terminology is established in some older technical contexts but may be avoided or replaced in newer usage.

See also: マスター

• この機き器きはスレーブとして動どう作さする。

  This device operates as a slave unit.

• 古ふるいIDEでは、ドライブをマスターとスレーブに設せっ定ていした。

  In old IDE systems, drives were set as master and slave.

noun

slave; enslaved person

Loanword-style noun for a person who is a slave. For ordinary historical or social discussion, 奴隷 is the more standard Japanese word; スレイブ can sound like a transliteration or fiction/game wording.

See also: 奴隷

• 物もの語がたりの中なかで、彼かれは鉱こう山ざんで働はたらくスレイブだった。

  In the story, he was a slave working in the mines.