"A profile through which material is pushed, forming a part of uniform section and indeterminate length" just confuses people. But then you say "ya know those playdoh things?" And they instantly understand.
I've been slightly involved in the CAD space, have tried Fusion, Inventor, AutoCAD, OpenSCAD, and Blender- even edited some G-Code by hand. But, I have never once heard of that.
It's made by Seimens, the industrial equipment manufacturer. IIRC it's one of the oldest CAD systems there is, from the 80s when they started developing it in house for their own use.