Technical Glossary (2260 terms)

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

• EV-DO — An evolution of CDMA 2000 1x for data. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• EVGA — Former NVIDIA board partner known for high-end GeForce cards and PSUs. [ BRANDS ]
• EXPO — AMD's Extended Profiles for Overclocking for DDR5 RAM. [ MEMORY ]
• Elite Dragonfly — Product Lines [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• EliteBook — HP's business laptop line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Emerald Rapids — Intel's 5th-gen Xeon Scalable microarchitecture (2023). [ CHIPS ]
• Envy — HP's mid-premium laptop line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Ethernet — Wired networking via an RJ45 port; faster and more stable than Wi-Fi. [ PORTS ]
• Ethernet port — Ports [ PORTS ]
• Everest — Apple's high-performance CPU core used in the A17-A19 chips. [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos — Samsung's in-house mobile SoC family used in Galaxy phones. [ BRANDS ]
• Exynos 1280 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos 1330 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos 1380 — Samsung's midrange SoC (launched in 2023). [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos 1480 — Samsung's midrange SoC (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos 1580 — Samsung's midrange SoC (launched in 2025). [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos 2100 — Samsung's flagship SoC used in the Galaxy S21 (launched in 2021). [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos 2200 — Samsung's flagship SoC with AMD-based Xclipse GPU (launched in 2022). [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos 2400 — Samsung's flagship SoC used in the Galaxy S24 (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos 2500 — Samsung's flagship SoC for the Galaxy S25 generation (launched in 2025). [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos 9820 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos 990 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Exynos SoC — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Eye Comfort Shield — Display [ DISPLAY ]
• Eye protection mode — Display [ DISPLAY ]
• FALD — Display [ DISPLAY ]
• FAT32 — Storage [ STORAGE ]
• FLAC — A lossless audio codec. [ AUDIO ]
• FLOPS — Floating-point operations per second; a raw measure of compute power for GPUs and AI. [ GAMING ]
• FP16 — Half-precision 16-bit floating point, used in AI and graphics. [ CHIPS ]
• FP32 — Single-precision 32-bit floating point, the standard for GPU compute. [ CHIPS ]
• FPGA — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• FPS — How many frames a device renders per second; higher FPS means smoother games and video. [ GAMING ]
• FSR — AMD's open upscaling tech that boosts FPS; works across NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel GPUs. [ GAMING ]
• FSR frame gen — Gaming [ GAMING ]
• FX — AMD's legacy high-end desktop processor line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• FXAA — Fast Approximate Anti-Aliasing — a cheap smoothing method. [ GAMING ]
• Face ID — Facial recognition for unlocking and payments; 3D depth versions are more secure. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Fairphone — Dutch brand focused on repairability, modular design, and sustainability. [ BRANDS ]
• Fairphone 6 — Fairphone's modular, repairable phone launched in 2026. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Family Sharing — Software [ SOFTWARE ]
• Fast Charging — High-wattage wired charging to reach 50% in ~30 minutes; higher watts = faster. [ BATTERY ]
• Fastboot — An Android tool for flashing firmware. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Fill Rate — How many pixels/textures a GPU can draw per second; influences resolution performance. [ GAMING ]
• FinFET — A 3D transistor design used on modern chip nodes. [ CHIPS ]
• Find My — Software [ SOFTWARE ]
• Find My Device — Software [ SOFTWARE ]
• Fingerprint Scanner — A biometric sensor that unlocks via your fingerprint; under-display optical/ultrasonic or side-mounted. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Fire TV — Product Lines [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Fire Tablet — Amazon's budget Android-based tablet. [ PRODUCT LINES ]