the 'active' tab looks like it's just a 'most recent change'. maybe the word should just be 'recent' then? the word 'active' to me suggests something more like 'hot'. but then, how is the 'hot' tab sorted? ... and should it be sorted differently?
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From this question on SO's Meta:
Active is based on creation / last modified time of any answer or the question itself. So the recently changed questions or new ones are in the active list.
Hot seems to be a mix of how recent the question and how busy it is. (votes, answers, comments etc)
See some of the linked questions from the above to get feel of how this all comes together.
By the way, there's also a newest tab that sorts by the time the question was asked.
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$\begingroup$ that makes sense. really i was suggesting that the words should be changed because they don't represent the sorting going on. looks like i was right about 'active' - it's most recent change. which, again, is something totally different from something that's 'active' in my mind. $\endgroup$– a113nwCommented Feb 4, 2011 at 3:52
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$\begingroup$ @allen Think of the naming like this: the active tab shows things that have activity. Things that have activity have recent changes. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 5, 2011 at 1:07