Technical Glossary (1935 terms)

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

• ARMv8 — The 64-bit ARM architecture generation introduced with AArch64. [ CHIPS ]
• ASIC — An ASIC is an application-specific chip designed for one task. [ CHIPS ]
• ASRock — ASRock is a Taiwanese maker of motherboards and graphics cards. [ BRANDS ]
• AV1 decode — AV1 decode is hardware support for the efficient AV1 video codec. [ 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 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 colour space covering more greens and cyans than sRGB, used for photo printing. [ DISPLAY ]
• Adreno — Qualcomm's in-house GPU brand used in Snapdragon SoCs. [ BRANDS ]
• 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 feature for wirelessly sharing files between nearby Apple devices. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Alchemist — Alchemist is Intel's first Arc discrete GPU architecture generation. [ CHIPS ]
• Alder Lake — Intel's hybrid-performance 12th Gen Core microarchitecture (2021). [ CHIPS ]
• 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 — AnTuTu v9 is a widely used smartphone benchmark scoring overall performance. [ BENCHMARK ]
• Android — Google's operating system used by most phones/tablets; heavily customized by vendors. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Android 14 — Android 14 is Google's 2023 Android release, with better customisation and privacy. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Android 16 — Android 16 is a recent Android release focused on performance and privacy. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Android Auto — Android Auto projects a phone's apps onto a car's display. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Android Go — Android Go is a lightweight Android edition for low-end 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 A13 Bionic — Apple's iPhone chip with the Lightning and Thunder cores (launched in 2019). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple A14 Bionic — Apple's first 5nm iPhone chip with Firestorm and Icestorm cores (launched in 2020). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple A15 Bionic — Apple's iPhone chip with the Avalanche and Blizzard cores (launched in 2021). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple A16 Bionic — Apple's iPhone chip used in the iPhone 14 Pro (launched in 2022). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple A17 Pro — Apple's first 3nm chip with hardware ray tracing (launched in 2023). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple A18 — Apple's iPhone chip with a faster 6-core GPU (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple A18 Pro — Apple's Pro chip with a bigger GPU and ray tracing (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple A19 — Apple's iPhone chip built on a 3nm-class process (launched in 2025). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple A19 Pro — Apple's Pro chip with 6 GPU cores and strong AI performance (launched in 2025). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple GPU — Apple GPU is the graphics processor Apple designs into its own chips. [ CHIPS ]
• Apple M-series — Apple's in-house Arm-based chips for Mac and iPad (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5). [ BRANDS ]
• Apple M1 — Apple's first Apple Silicon chip for Mac, with CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Apple M1 Max — Apple's high-end chip with up to 32 GPU cores (launched in 2021). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple M1 Pro — Apple's pro chip with up to 10 CPU cores and 16 GPU cores (launched in 2021). [ CHIPS ]
• Apple M1 Ultra — Apple's flagship chip combining two M1 Max dies (launched in 2022). [ CHIPS ]