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@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ embedded controllers either aren't fast enough or don't have any support for
hardware flow-control.
It works like this: When the AP sends a byte to the EC, if the EC doesn't have a
-response queued up in advance, a default "dummy" byte is returned. The EC
+response queued up in advance, a default "placeholder" byte is returned. The EC
preconfigures that default response byte to indicate its status (ready, busy,
waiting for more input, etc.). Once the AP has sent a complete command message,
it continues clocking bytes to the EC (which the EC ignores) and just looks at