>> Kate Conger, The New York Times Published: 14 Apr 2021 11:43 AM BdST Updated: 14 Apr 2021 11:43 AM BdST Nearly a year after the Internet Engineering Task Force took up a plan to replace computing words like “master” and “slave,” the debate is still raging. The New York Times Anyone who joined a video call during the pandemic probably has a global volunteer organisation called the Internet Engineering Task Force to thank for making the technology work. "); } The group, which helped create the technical foundations of the internet, designed the language that allows most video to run smoothly online. It made it possible for someone with a Gmail account to communicate with a friend who uses Yahoo and for shoppers to safely enter their credit card information on e-commerce sites.