Words can have more than one meaning. As far as I know, no one voted you to be arbiter of all terms and their One True Correct™ meaning. It's pretty clear what the previous poster intended to say.
Quite clear, in fact, which is why we are able – in theory – to have a discussion about all the distinct features at play. If it weren't clear, we wouldn't be able to go there.
I say in theory, because as demonstrated by the sibling comment, there apparently isn't much programming expertise around here. At least it was fascinating to see how a mind can go haywire when there isn't a canned response to give.
