Technical Glossary (1935 terms)

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

• Apple M2 Pro — Apple's pro chip with up to 12 CPU cores (launched in 2023). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple M2 Ultra — Apple's flagship combining two M2 Max dies (launched in 2023). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple M3 Pro — Apple's pro chip with up to 12 CPU cores and 18 GPU cores (launched in 2023). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple M4 — Apple's 2024-2025 Apple Silicon chip generation used in iPad Pro and Mac. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Apple M4 Pro — Apple's pro chip with up to 14 CPU cores (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple Neural Engine — The Apple Neural Engine is a dedicated block for on-device machine learning. [ CHIPS ]
• Apple Pencil — Apple's stylus for iPad, offering pressure sensitivity, tilt, and very low input latency. [ DISPLAY ]
• Arm Holdings — British company that designs the ARM processor architecture and Cortex cores. [ BRANDS ]
• Armor Glass — Samsung's durable display glass on Ultra flagships. [ DISPLAY ]
• Arrow Lake — Arrow Lake is an Intel desktop CPU generation following Raptor Lake. [ CHIPS ]
• Aspect Ratio — The ratio of screen width to height (e.g., 19.5:9, 16:10); affects how tall or wide a screen feels. [ DISPLAY ]
• Asus — Taiwanese company making ROG gaming phones, Zenfone, laptops, and motherboards. [ BRANDS ]
• Asus ROG Strix G16 — Asus's mainstream gaming laptop — launched in 2024. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Asus TUF Gaming A16 — Asus's durable value gaming laptop — launched in 2024. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Asus Zenbook 14 OLED — Asus's thin laptop with an OLED display — launched in 2024. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Atom — Intel's low-power processor line for tablets and laptops. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Audio Codecs — Formats that compress audio for wireless headphones (AAC, aptX, LDAC); they set max quality. [ AUDIO ]
• Audio-Technica — Japanese audio brand for headphones, mics, and turntables. [ BRANDS ]
• Auracast — Bluetooth broadcast audio that shares audio to many listeners. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Avalanche — Apple's performance CPU core in the A15 and M2 chips. [ CHIPS ]
• BIOS — Basic firmware that starts a PC and initialises hardware before the OS loads. [ SOFTWARE ]
• BMS — Battery Management System — controls charging and safety. [ BATTERY ]
• BOE — Chinese display maker producing LCD and OLED panels for phones and laptops. [ BRANDS ]
• BSI — Backside-illuminated sensor — improves low-light sensitivity. [ CAMERA ]
• BT.2020 — The Rec.2020 wide color gamut used with 4K HDR content. [ DISPLAY ]
• Bang & Olufsen — Bang & Olufsen is a Danish luxury audio and design brand. [ BRANDS ]
• Basemark — Basemark is a cross-platform GPU and system benchmark. [ BENCHMARK ]
• Basemark OS — Basemark OS is a system benchmark for mobile devices. [ BENCHMARK ]
• Battery Health — How much capacity a battery keeps over its lifetime; rated in charge cycles. [ BATTERY ]
• Battery Life — Measured endurance for web, video, and gaming; mAh alone does not tell the full story. [ BATTERY ]
• Battlemage — Battlemage is Intel's second-generation Arc GPU architecture. [ CHIPS ]
• Beats — Apple-owned audio brand known for bass-heavy headphones and earbuds. [ BRANDS ]
• Benchmark — A standardized test that measures and compares device performance in a repeatable way. [ BENCHMARK ]
• Blackwell — NVIDIA's GPU architecture used in RTX 50 series (2025). [ CHIPS ]
• Blender — An open-source 3D renderer used to benchmark CPU and GPU rendering performance. [ BENCHMARK ]
• Blender Foundation — Nonprofit behind the Blender 3D software and its benchmarks. [ BRANDS ]
• Blizzard — Apple's efficiency CPU core in the A15 and M2 chips. [ CHIPS ]
• Bluetooth — Short-range wireless for earbuds, watches, and accessories; 5.3/6.0 improves power and range. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Bluetooth 5.0 — Bluetooth 5.0 is a Bluetooth version that roughly doubled range and speed over 4.2. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Bluetooth 5.1 — Bluetooth 5.1 is a Bluetooth version that added direction-finding for locating devices. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Bluetooth 5.2 — Bluetooth 5.2 is a Bluetooth version that introduced LE Audio and improved efficiency. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Bluetooth SIG — The standards body that defines Bluetooth and LE Audio. [ BRANDS ]
• Bluetooth chip — A Bluetooth chip adds wireless short-range connectivity to a device. [ CHIPS ]
• Bluetooth tethering — Sharing a device's internet connection with others over Bluetooth. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Bokeh — The pleasing blur behind a subject in portraits, produced by wide apertures or software. [ CAMERA ]
• Bose — Audio brand known for noise-cancelling headphones and speakers. [ BRANDS ]
• Brightness — Screen luminance measured in nits; higher means better daylight visibility and HDR impact. [ DISPLAY ]
• Broadcom — Chip designer for networking, wireless, and semiconductors. [ BRANDS ]
• Burn-In — Permanent ghosting caused by static content on OLED panels; most noticeable on bright, fixed elements. [ DISPLAY ]
• Bypass Charging — A feature that powers the phone directly from the charger during gaming, sparing the battery. [ BATTERY ]