I mean, it's not the only word in programming that's overloading a word with a mathematical definition. Just off the top of my head: - function - set - map

I mean, it's not the only word in programming that's overloading a word with a mathematical definition. Just off the top of my head: - function - set - map - monad - vector - field - class Some of them are obviously referring to something else entirely. Some of them are kind of like the math thing but subtly different.