Technical Glossary (2260 terms)

Standardized hardware and benchmark definitions across smartphones, laptops, CPUs, GPUs, SoCs, and tablets.

• Miracast — Connectivity [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Mistral — Apple's efficiency CPU core in the A11 chip. [ CHIPS ]
• Modem — The chip that handles cellular connectivity (4G/5G); its specs set peak download and upload speeds. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Monsoon — Apple's performance CPU core in the A11 chip. [ CHIPS ]
• Moto E — Motorola's entry-level line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Moto G — Motorola's best-selling budget line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Moto G85 — Motorola's best-selling midrange phone launched in 2024. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Motorola — US phone brand known for the Razr foldable and the Moto G/E budget lines. [ BRANDS ]
• Motorola Edge — Motorola's premium edge-to-edge line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Motorola Edge 50 — Motorola's premium edge-to-edge phone launched in 2024. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Motorola Razr — Motorola's clamshell foldable phone. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Motorola Razr 50 — Motorola's clamshell foldable launched in 2024. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• NAND — The type of flash memory used in SSDs and phones. [ STORAGE ]
• NFC — Tap-to-pay and tap-to-pair tech embedded around the camera module. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• NFC chip — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• NOR flash — A flash type used for firmware, not mass storage. [ STORAGE ]
• NPU — A dedicated AI accelerator for photo, voice, and on-device machine learning. [ PERFORMANCE ]
• NR carrier aggregation — Connectivity [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• NSA — Non-Standalone 5G — 5G data with 4G control. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• NTFS — Storage [ STORAGE ]
• NTSC — A legacy color gamut still used to quote display color coverage. [ DISPLAY ]
• NVIDIA — US company making GeForce/RTX graphics cards, the CUDA platform, DLSS, and AI accelerators. [ BRANDS ]
• NVLink — NVIDIA's high-speed GPU-to-GPU interconnect. [ CHIPS ]
• NVMe — Fast flash storage protocol over PCIe; much quicker than eMMC/UFS in phones and laptops. [ STORAGE ]
• NXP — Dutch chipmaker for automotive, NFC, and IoT semiconductors. [ BRANDS ]
• NanoReview — The comparison site whose methodology and data power CompareTech. [ BRANDS ]
• NanoReview Score — CompareTech's normalized 0-100 aggregate of real tests, specs, and benchmarks for like-for-like ranking. [ BENCHMARK ]
• Nanometer — Unit for chip feature size; 3 nm is today's cutting edge for phones and laptops. [ PERFORMANCE ]
• Natural mode — Display [ DISPLAY ]
• Nearby Share — Android's nearby file sharing. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Night Mode — A multi-frame low-light mode that brightens dark scenes and reduces noise. [ CAMERA ]
• Nintendo Switch — Nintendo's hybrid console. [ GAMING ]
• Nintendo Switch 2 — Product Lines [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Nitro — Acer's budget gaming laptop line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Nokia — Finnish phone brand (HMD Global) known for durable budget and midrange Android phones. [ BRANDS ]
• Nothing — London-based brand making the transparent-design Nothing Phone and CMF products. [ BRANDS ]
• Nothing Ear — Product Lines [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Nothing Phone (2a) — Nothing's midrange phone with a distinctive design launched in 2024. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Nothing Phone (3) — Nothing's flagship phone launched in 2025. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Nubia Red Magic — ZTE's gaming phone line with active cooling and shoulder triggers. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• OIS — Hardware that moves the lens to counter hand shake, giving sharper photos and steadier video. [ CAMERA ]
• OLED — Each pixel emits its own light, enabling true blacks, infinite contrast, and ultra-thin panels. [ DISPLAY ]
• OS Updates — How many years a device gets major OS and security updates; longer is better for longevity. [ SOFTWARE ]
• OS update — A major operating-system update. [ SOFTWARE ]
• OTA — Over-The-Air update delivery. [ SOFTWARE ]
• OTG — A USB mode that lets phones act as a host to read flash drives, keyboards, and other USB devices. [ PORTS ]
• Octane — Benchmark [ BENCHMARK ]
• OctaneBench — A GPU rendering benchmark for the Octane renderer. [ BENCHMARK ]
• Omen — HP's gaming line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• OmniVision — US camera sensor maker supplying smartphone image sensors. [ BRANDS ]