[snipped selective measurements of word usage] On Fri, 27 Sep 2019, Alan Stern wrote: > > So I guess this was never defined precisely. > The O.E.D. defines these terms: residual a. [...] n. 1. a quantity remaining after other things have been subtracted or allowed for. [...] 2. [...] 3. [...] and residue n. a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used. So, writing "residue" could be misleading as the connotation is that the remaining part is the lesser part. I think that's probably why the term "residual" gets used in finance (and in SCSI transfers). --
