Technology Dictionary: Common Terms Defined

By Marc Saltzman
January 20th, 2009

Listen to two tech-savvy people chat away and your head will spin: It’s all gigahertz this and megapixel that. Thankfully for those who can’t tell the difference between Blu-ray and Bluetooth, HDMI and HDTV, we’re happy to provide a handy glossary to several common acronyms, phrases and other industry jargon relating to televisions, computers, mobile phones and other consumer electronics:

1080p: This term refers to the maximum resolution of some high-definition televisions (HDTVs). A 1080p-compatible television means all 1,080 lines on the screen can be displayed "progressively," or in sequential order (1, 2, 3, etc.), resulting in an ultra-sharp image, as opposed to older televisions that display lines in an "interlaced" fashion by alternating between even and odd lines (1, 3, 5, etc.). While television stations do not commonly broadcast in 1080p, Blu-ray disc players do, as well as some video ...

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