ARM did have confusing names, especially as things like ARM7 and ARMv2 meant completely different things, and you'd have names like ARM7TDMI The Cortex range ha

ARM did have confusing names, especially as things like ARM7 and ARMv2 meant completely different things, and you'd have names like ARM7TDMI The Cortex range has made it much simpler, though, as the other replies explain.