Technical Glossary (2260 terms)

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

• 4G — Fourth-generation cellular (LTE); still the reliable default with wide coverage. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• 4K Video — Video at 3840×2160 (2160p), offering four times the detail of 1080p. [ CAMERA ]
• 4K decode — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• 4x4 MIMO — Four-antenna MIMO for faster data. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• 50 Wh — Battery [ BATTERY ]
• 5000 mAh — Battery [ BATTERY ]
• 50W wireless — Battery [ BATTERY ]
• 512GB — Storage [ STORAGE ]
• 5500 mAh — Battery [ BATTERY ]
• 5G — Fifth-generation cellular (sub-6 and mmWave) offering gigabit download when available. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• 5G bands — Connectivity [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• 5G modem — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• 60 Wh — Battery [ BATTERY ]
• 6000 mAh — Battery [ BATTERY ]
• 64-bit — Processors and software that handle 64-bit data and memory addresses. [ CHIPS ]
• 64GB — Storage [ STORAGE ]
• 64GB RAM — Memory [ MEMORY ]
• 65W charging — Battery [ BATTERY ]
• 7-Zip benchmark — A compression benchmark based on LZMA. [ BENCHMARK ]
• 7000 mAh — Battery [ BATTERY ]
• 720p — HD video resolution (1280x720). [ CAMERA ]
• 8-bit color — Standard color depth showing 16.7 million colors. [ DISPLAY ]
• 80 Wh — Battery [ BATTERY ]
• 80W charging — Battery [ BATTERY ]
• 8GB RAM — Memory [ MEMORY ]
• 8K Video — Video at 7680×4320 (4320p) — four times 4K; mostly a future-proofing spec. [ CAMERA ]
• 8K decode — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• 90 Wh — Battery [ BATTERY ]
• 90Hz display — Display [ DISPLAY ]
• A-GPS — Connectivity [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• A-Series — AMD's older accelerated processing unit line. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• A-series chip — Chips [ CHIPS ]
• A-series score — A performance grade applied to products. [ GENERAL ]
• A1 speed — An SD card speed class for apps. [ STORAGE ]
• A2 speed — A faster SD card speed class for apps. [ STORAGE ]
• AAA — High-budget, high-production-value games. [ GAMING ]
• AArch64 — The 64-bit execution state of the ARM architecture. [ CHIPS ]
• AC adapter — The external power supply that charges a device. [ BATTERY ]
• ADB — Android Debug Bridge — a command-line tool. [ SOFTWARE ]
• AFFS — Advanced Fringe Field Switching — an IPS-like LCD technology. [ DISPLAY ]
• AFMF — AMD Fluid Motion Frames — AMD's frame generation technology. [ GAMING ]
• AI Benchmark — A phone benchmark that tests on-device AI. [ BENCHMARK ]
• AIDA64 — A system diagnostics and benchmarking utility. [ BENCHMARK ]
• ALAC — Apple's lossless audio codec. [ AUDIO ]
• AMD — US chipmaker known for Ryzen, Threadripper, and EPYC processors plus Radeon graphics cards. [ BRANDS ]
• AMOLED — An active-matrix OLED variant optimized for phones with faster switching and lower power. [ DISPLAY ]
• ANC — Active Noise Cancellation — cancels ambient noise. [ AUDIO ]
• APFS — Storage [ STORAGE ]
• APS-C — A crop-sensor format smaller than full-frame. [ CAMERA ]
• APU — AMD's term for a CPU with a strong integrated GPU. [ CHIPS ]