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PC and PC Component Terms
« on: August 25, 2018, 04:51:42 AM »
Keeping up with the latest PC technology is difficult, but it’s overwhelming if you don’t understand all the jargon you encounter when reading articles and spec sheets.

From CPUs to GPUs and their inner workings, to motherboards and their varying parts, different display technologies and types and vendor-created phrases, you can wind up in tech terminology turmoil.

That's why we have developed this handy glossary. With the information below, you can learn the meaning of--or refresh your memory on--commonly used, but often confusing, tech terms.

We’ll be adding to the glossary over time. If you find a term that leaves you scratching your head, let us know in the comments below, and we’ll be sure to define it for you.

Index

2K

4K

5K

720p

1080p

APU

BIOS

Bus

Cache

Capacitor

Chassis

Chipset

Clock speed

Core

CPU frequency

DIMM slots

Delidding

Discrete GPU

DRAM

FOV (field of view)

FHD

Full HD

GPU

GPU Boost

Graphics card

Heatsink

HD

Hyper-threading

IHS (integrated heat spreader)

Integrated GPU

IPC

IPS

Motherboard

Motherboard firmware

N-key rollover

NVMe

OLED

PCIe

QHD

RAID Controller

RAM

Ray tracing

SRAM

Socket

SLI

Simultaneous multithreading

SSD

TDP

Thread

TPM header

TN

UEFI

UHD

Ultra HD

VA

Video card

VRM

WUXGA

WQHD

source
« Last Edit: August 25, 2018, 05:24:40 AM by javajolt »