Technical Glossary (2260 terms)

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

• QD-OLED — Quantum-dot OLED combining quantum-dot color with OLED contrast. [ DISPLAY ]
• QLC — Quad-Level Cell NAND — four bits per cell, cheap but slower. [ STORAGE ]
• QLED — Quantum-dot LED LCD — a bright, colorful backlit display technology. [ DISPLAY ]
• Quadro — NVIDIA's professional workstation GPU line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Qualcomm — Chip designer known for Snapdragon mobile SoCs, modems, and the Adreno GPU line. [ BRANDS ]
• Quick Charge 3 — Qualcomm's third-generation fast charging. [ BATTERY ]
• Quick Charge 4+ — Qualcomm's fast charging with USB-PD compatibility. [ BATTERY ]
• Quick Charge 5 — Qualcomm's fastest charging standard (100W+). [ BATTERY ]
• RAID — Redundant Array of Independent Disks — combining drives for speed or safety. [ STORAGE ]
• RAID 0 — Striping drives for speed with no redundancy. [ STORAGE ]
• RAID 1 — Mirroring drives for redundancy. [ STORAGE ]
• RAID 10 — A mirrored-and-striped RAID that balances speed and safety. [ STORAGE ]
• RAID 5 — Striping with distributed parity for redundancy. [ STORAGE ]
• RAM Size — Working memory for apps; 8 GB is the sweet spot, 12-24 GB for heavy multitasking or gaming. [ MEMORY ]
• RAM expansion — Memory [ MEMORY ]
• RAM usage — Memory [ MEMORY ]
• RAW Photos — Unprocessed sensor data files that preserve maximum detail for editing. [ CAMERA ]
• RAW photo — An unprocessed image file preserving maximum data. [ CAMERA ]
• RDIMM — Registered DIMM — server memory with a register buffer. [ MEMORY ]
• RDNA — AMD's modern GPU architecture family (RDNA 1-4). [ CHIPS ]
• RDNA 2 — AMD's GPU architecture used in RX 6000 series (2020). [ CHIPS ]
• RDNA 3 — AMD's GPU architecture used in RX 7000 series (2022). [ CHIPS ]
• RDNA 4 — AMD's GPU architecture used in RX 8000 series (2025). [ CHIPS ]
• RGB — Customizable colored lighting on gaming hardware. [ GAMING ]
• ROG Ally — Product Lines [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• ROG Phone — Asus's gaming phone line with high refresh, triggers, and accessories. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• ROG Strix — Asus's mainstream gaming line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• ROG Zephyrus — Asus's thin gaming ultrabook line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• ROM — Read-Only Memory — non-volatile storage for firmware. [ MEMORY ]
• ROPs — GPU units that write finished pixels to the frame buffer; more ROPs help high resolutions. [ GAMING ]
• RPG — Role-Playing Game — a character-progression genre. [ GAMING ]
• RTX 20-series — NVIDIA's Turing-based ray tracing GPU generation (2018). [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• RTX 30-series — NVIDIA's Ampere-based GPU generation (2020). [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• RTX 40-series — NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace-based GPU generation (2022). [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• RTX 4090 Laptop — Product Lines [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• RTX 50-series — NVIDIA's Blackwell-based GPU generation (2025). [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• RTX 5090 Laptop — Product Lines [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• RTX IO — NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated storage loading for games. [ GAMING ]
• Radeon — AMD's graphics card brand. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Radeon Pro — AMD's professional workstation GPU line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Radeon RX — AMD's consumer Radeon graphics line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Radeon RX 6000-series — AMD's RDNA2 GPU generation (2020). [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Radeon RX 6600 — AMD's budget RDNA2 GPU (launched in 2021). [ CHIPS ]
• Radeon RX 6700 XT — AMD's 1440p RDNA2 GPU (launched in 2021). [ CHIPS ]
• Radeon RX 6800 XT — AMD's high-end RDNA2 GPU (launched in 2020). [ CHIPS ]
• Radeon RX 6900 XT — AMD's flagship RDNA2 GPU (launched in 2020). [ CHIPS ]
• Radeon RX 7000-series — AMD's RDNA3 GPU generation (2022). [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Radeon RX 7600 — AMD's value RDNA3 GPU (launched in 2023). [ CHIPS ]
• Radeon RX 7700 XT — AMD's midrange RDNA3 GPU (launched in 2023). [ CHIPS ]
• Radeon RX 7800 XT — AMD's 1440p RDNA3 GPU (launched in 2023). [ CHIPS ]