Originally Posted by
Togue
I think it is semantics. Sailvi767 has a valid point. I have to accept that I never thought of it this way but it makes sense. Some OEM may call it CSS, other CWS ( Control Wheel Steering ), etc. Something similar to ECAM and EICAS or TCAS and T2CAS. Even Winglets, Sharklets, Win Tip Fence, etc.
I respectfully disagree. The reason the airplane "stays where you put it" whilst hand flying is due to the load factor demand in pitch and roll rate demand in roll (considering only normal law here). There are numbers of thread where some extremely knowledgeable contributors have provided highly detailed informations on the FBW logics.