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I'm writing a user manual for an embedded system, and I'd like to know if there's a commonly used term for repeating a command back to the user, but repeating it in the way that it was interpreted and executed by the software, which may be slightly different from how the user sent it.

For example, let's say a motor controller has a "move N" command that moves a motor N degrees, but it's only capable of moving in increments of 10 degrees. If the user sends a command:

move 8

The system will respond with a standard echo exactly as written:

move 8

and then a second response showing how it will actually be executed:

move 10

Is there a common term for that second response?

I've searched online and found terms like "Command Expansion" and "Result Reporting", but neither seem appropriate. Command Expansion sounds like it's elaborating on abbreviations, like changing "-h" to "-help". Result Reporting implies that the response is sent after the move has completed, which isn't the case here.

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  • I think the terms "set point" (this is the value it should have) versus "actual" (this is the value we got) are pretty common. Though maybe this question is better asked to a native English engineer (I'm not) over at one of the engineering sites such as engineering.stackexchange.com or electronics.stackexchange.com Commented Jan 10 at 14:15
  • Maybe "requested" versus "effective" Commented Jan 10 at 16:25

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