Technical Glossary (2260 terms)

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

• IP68 — Ingress protection: dust-tight (6) and submersible to 1.5 m+ for 30 min (8). [ DURABILITY ]
• IP69K — Protection against high-pressure, high-temperature water jets. [ DURABILITY ]
• IPS LCD — Liquid-crystal display with in-plane switching for good color and viewing angles, lit by a backlight. [ DISPLAY ]
• IPX8 — Water-resistant without a dust rating. [ DURABILITY ]
• IR blaster — An infrared emitter that controls TVs and appliances. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• ISO — Sensor sensitivity; higher ISO brightens but adds noise. [ CAMERA ]
• ISP — The chip block that processes photos/video from the camera sensor before you see them. [ CAMERA ]
• Ice Lake — Intel's 10th Gen mobile microarchitecture (2019). [ CHIPS ]
• Icestorm — Apple's efficiency CPU core in the A14 and M1 chips. [ CHIPS ]
• IdeaPad — Lenovo's consumer laptop line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• IdeaPad Gaming — Product Lines [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Imagination Technologies — British GPU designer behind PowerVR graphics used in some SoCs. [ BRANDS ]
• Infineon — German semiconductor maker for automotive and power electronics. [ BRANDS ]
• Infinity Fabric — AMD's chip-to-chip interconnect used in Ryzen and EPYC. [ CHIPS ]
• Infinix Hot — Infinix's budget phone line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Infinix Note — Infinix's budget-to-midrange line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Infinix Zero — Infinix's upper-midrange line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Inspiron — Dell's mainstream consumer laptop and desktop line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Inspiron 15 — Product Lines [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Instruction Set — The vocabulary of operations a CPU understands (e.g., ARMv9, x86-64); defines compatibility and features. [ PERFORMANCE ]
• Integrated GPU — A GPU built into the CPU/SoC, sharing system memory — efficient but less powerful than a dedicated GPU. [ PERFORMANCE ]
• Intel — US chipmaker producing Core, Core Ultra, and Xeon processors plus Arc and Iris graphics. [ BRANDS ]
• Intel Arc A380 — Intel's budget first-gen Arc GPU (launched in 2022). [ CHIPS ]
• Intel Arc A750 — Intel's high-end first-gen Arc GPU (launched in 2022). [ CHIPS ]
• Intel Arc A770 — Intel's flagship first-gen Arc GPU (launched in 2022). [ CHIPS ]
• Intel Arc B570 — Intel's second-gen Arc GPU (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Intel Arc B580 — Intel's second-gen Arc GPU (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Iris Xe — Intel's integrated GPU brand in 11th-13th Gen Core CPUs. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• JBL — Harman audio brand known for portable speakers and TWS earbuds. [ BRANDS ]
• JPEG — The standard compressed image format. [ CAMERA ]
• Japan Display Inc — Japanese display maker (JDI) producing LCD and OLED panels. [ BRANDS ]
• JetStream — Benchmark [ BENCHMARK ]
• Kepler — NVIDIA's GPU architecture used in GTX 600/700 series (2012). [ CHIPS ]
• Kilobyte — One thousand bytes. [ GENERAL ]
• Kindle — Product Lines [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Kingston — Memory and storage maker known for HyperX gaming peripherals and RAM/SSD modules. [ BRANDS ]
• Kioxia — Japanese NAND flash maker (formerly Toshiba Memory), co-developer of BiCS flash. [ BRANDS ]
• Kirin — Huawei's in-house mobile SoC family (HiSilicon). [ BRANDS ]
• Kirin 9000 — Huawei's flagship SoC with 5G (launched in 2020). [ CHIPS ]
• Kirin 9000S — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Kirin 9010 — Huawei's flagship SoC (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Kirin 9100 — Huawei's flagship SoC used in the Mate 70 series (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Kirin 990 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Kraken — Benchmark [ BENCHMARK ]
• Kryo — Qualcomm's CPU core branding used in Snapdragon SoCs. [ CHIPS ]
• Kryo 485 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• Kryo 680 — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• L1 certification — Widevine L1 enables HD and 4K streaming on Netflix and similar. [ DISPLAY ]
• LCD — Liquid-Crystal Display — a backlit screen technology used in most budget devices. [ DISPLAY ]
• LE Audio — The new Bluetooth low-energy audio standard for better battery life, multi-stream, and broadcast. [ AUDIO ]