Technical Glossary (2260 terms)

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

• ARM — A low-power chip architecture (with an ARMv9 instruction set) used in phones, tablets, and Apple silicon. [ PERFORMANCE ]
• ARMv8 — The 64-bit ARM architecture generation introduced with AArch64. [ CHIPS ]
• ASIC — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• ASRock — Taiwanese motherboard and graphics card maker. [ BRANDS ]
• AV1 decode — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• AVX — SIMD instruction extensions (AVX-512) that speed up math-heavy workloads on modern CPUs. [ PERFORMANCE ]
• Acer — Taiwanese company making Aspire, Swift, Nitro, and Predator laptops. [ BRANDS ]
• Acer Nitro V 16 — Acer's budget gaming laptop — launched in 2024. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Acer Predator Helios 16 — Acer's gaming laptop with a 240Hz display — launched in 2024. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Acer Swift Go 14 — Acer's thin ultrabook with a 14-inch OLED — launched in 2024. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Ada Lovelace — NVIDIA's GPU architecture used in RTX 40 series (2022). [ CHIPS ]
• Adobe RGB — A wide color gamut used for photo printing. [ DISPLAY ]
• Adreno — Qualcomm's in-house GPU brand used in Snapdragon SoCs. [ BRANDS ]
• Adreno 610 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Adreno 616 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Adreno 618 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Adreno 620 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Adreno 640 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Adreno 650 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Adreno 660 — Qualcomm's GPU used in the Snapdragon 888 (launched in 2021). [ CHIPS ]
• Adreno 730 — Qualcomm's GPU used in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (launched in 2022). [ CHIPS ]
• Adreno 740 — Qualcomm's GPU used in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (launched in 2023). [ CHIPS ]
• Adreno 750 — Qualcomm's GPU used in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Adreno 830 — Qualcomm's GPU used in the Snapdragon 8 Elite (launched in 2025). [ CHIPS ]
• AirDrop — Apple's nearby file sharing. [ SOFTWARE ]
• AirPods — Product Lines [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Alchemist — Intel's first Arc discrete GPU architecture. [ CHIPS ]
• Alder Lake — Intel's hybrid-performance 12th Gen Core microarchitecture (2021). [ CHIPS ]
• Alienware — Dell's gaming PC and laptop brand. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Alienware m16 — Dell's high-end gaming laptop — launched in 2024. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Allwinner — Chinese SoC maker for tablets and budget electronics. [ BRANDS ]
• Alt Mode — USB-C alternate mode carrying DisplayPort or Thunderbolt signals. [ PORTS ]
• Always-On Display — A dim screen mode that keeps clock, notifications, and widgets visible while the phone is idle. [ DISPLAY ]
• Amazon — US tech company behind Kindle readers, Fire tablets, and Alexa. [ BRANDS ]
• Ampere — NVIDIA's 2nd-gen RTX GPU architecture (RTX 30 series). [ CHIPS ]
• AnTuTu — Composite phone/tablet benchmark covering CPU, GPU, memory, and UX; higher total is faster overall. [ BENCHMARK ]
• AnTuTu v9 — Benchmark [ BENCHMARK ]
• Android — Google's operating system used by most phones/tablets; heavily customized by vendors. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Android 14 — Software [ SOFTWARE ]
• Android 16 — Software [ SOFTWARE ]
• Android Auto — Android's in-car interface. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Android Go — A lightweight Android for budget devices. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Aperture — The lens opening size (f/1.6, f/2.2); lower f-number lets in more light. [ CAMERA ]
• App Store — Apple's official app marketplace for iOS and iPadOS. [ BRANDS ]
• Apple — US technology company known for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and its own Apple Silicon chips (A/M-series), with tight hardware-software integrati… [ BRANDS ]
• Apple A-series — Apple's in-house Arm-based SoCs for iPhone (A13 through A19 Pro). [ BRANDS ]
• Apple A10 Fusion — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Apple A11 Bionic — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Apple A12 Bionic — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Apple A13 Bionic — Apple's iPhone chip with the Lightning and Thunder cores (launched in 2019). [ CHIPS ]