Recall that a spectrum is called connective if it is $(-1)$-connected (that is, its homotopy is concentrated in nonnegative degrees).


However, this left me scratching my head a bit. Why "connective"? Is there some geometric intuition behind it that I'm missing?



Why are connective spectra called "connective"?
Maybe just because (-1)-connected is a mouthful? And connected would not be the right term, since that would imply trivial $\pi\_0$. Other than that, I don't know. 


