Technical Glossary (1935 terms)

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

• voice assistant — A digital assistant activated and controlled by voice. [ AUDIO ]
• voice clarity — How clear speech sounds on calls or voice recordings. [ AUDIO ]
• voice pickup — How well a device's microphones detect your voice in noisy places. [ AUDIO ]
• volt — A volt is the unit of electrical potential difference. [ GENERAL ]
• voltage — The electrical potential that, with current, determines how much power flows. [ BATTERY ]
• volume — The loudness of a device's audio output, set by the amplifier and speakers. [ AUDIO ]
• wPrime — wPrime is a multithreaded benchmark that computes prime numbers. [ BENCHMARK ]
• wallpaper — The background image on the home and lock screens. [ SOFTWARE ]
• warranty — A warranty is a manufacturer's promise to repair or replace a faulty product. [ GENERAL ]
• warranty coverage — Warranty coverage states what a warranty protects and for how long. [ GENERAL ]
• water resistant — Water resistant means able to resist water ingress to a rated degree. [ DURABILITY ]
• watt — A watt is the unit of power, equal to one joule per second. [ GENERAL ]
• watt-hour — The unit (Wh) used to express laptop and larger battery capacity. [ BATTERY ]
• wattage — A measure of electrical power, in watts, equal to voltage multiplied by current. [ BATTERY ]
• wear leveling — The technique that spreads writes evenly across flash cells to extend SSD life. [ STORAGE ]
• webview — A component that lets apps display web content inside them. [ SOFTWARE ]
• weight — Weight is how heavy a device is, usually in grams. [ GENERAL ]
• white balance — Color temperature correction so whites look neutral. [ CAMERA ]
• wide camera — A phone's main, wide-field camera used for most shots. [ CAMERA ]
• wide color — Support for colour spaces wider than sRGB, such as DCI-P3, for richer colours. [ DISPLAY ]
• wide-angle — A lens with a broad field of view, ideal for landscapes. [ CAMERA ]
• widget — A small interactive element on the home screen showing app data. [ SOFTWARE ]
• widgets — Home-screen elements that show live app data at a glance. [ SOFTWARE ]
• wind noise reduction — Processing that filters wind noise from recorded audio. [ CAMERA ]
• wired charging — Charging a device through a physical cable rather than wirelessly. [ BATTERY ]
• wireless audio — Audio streamed to headphones or speakers without cables. [ AUDIO ]
• wireless charging speed — The wattage a device supports for wireless charging. [ BATTERY ]
• wireless pad — A flat surface that charges compatible devices placed on top of it via induction. [ BATTERY ]
• wireless power bank — A portable battery that can charge devices wirelessly. [ BATTERY ]
• working memory — The RAM actively holding data a program is using right now. [ MEMORY ]
• write amplification — Extra flash writes caused by how SSDs rewrite data, which affects endurance. [ STORAGE ]
• write speed — How fast data can be written to a storage device, in MB/s. [ STORAGE ]
• x86 — The processor architecture used by Intel and AMD desktop/laptop CPUs (x86-64). [ PERFORMANCE ]
• zero shutter lag — Capture with effectively no delay between pressing the button and the photo. [ CAMERA ]
• zoom — Magnifying a scene, either optically or digitally. [ CAMERA ]