WEBVTT 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:09.360 are you tired of people using the word bacteria to refer to a single germ 00:00:07.279 --> 00:00:16.800 mixing up discrete and discrete and saying omg my facebook 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:19.439 got hacked when what they really mean is 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:23.039 i left my computer or phone unlocked and my idiot friend thought it would be 00:00:21.279 --> 00:00:28.160 funny to send those messages to your sister well one you must be a lot of fun at 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:33.280 parties and two me too which is why on today's episode 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:39.920 we're gonna be tackling a number of commonly misused tech terms to clear up 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:42.079 any confusion and help you win your next 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:46.719 internet fight so let's start then by talking about the 00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:52.960 venerable hard disk there are a lot of people who use the 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:56.000 term hard drive to refer to any sort of 00:00:52.960 --> 00:01:00.239 non-removable storage in a computer but 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:03.359 it actually only refers to mechanical 00:01:00.239 --> 00:01:06.400 spinning drives if we break it down the 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:09.360 word hard refers to the rigidity of the 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:14.799 discs or the magnetic platters inside the internals of floppy disks by 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:19.759 contrast were flexible so 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:23.119 don't refer to ssds or solid-state 00:01:19.759 --> 00:01:25.759 drives as hard disks or hard drives if 00:01:23.119 --> 00:01:31.040 you want to talk generally about mechanical drives and ssds as a group 00:01:28.880 --> 00:01:37.200 you say drive sticking with internal pc components for 00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:39.840 a minute let's talk about your GPU 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:43.520 or is it your graphics card it's common to hear people use GPU to 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:53.119 refer to this but the GPU actually only refers to the 00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:57.920 graphics processing unit this chip 00:01:53.119 --> 00:02:02.560 here our example is a gp104 which NVIDIA 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:05.280 brands as a gtx 1070 or 1080 depending 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:11.280 on how many of its processing cores are enabled from the factory 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:13.680 so then it's fine to call an rx 480 a 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:19.280 GPU but if you're talking about a specific model such as this Gigabyte 00:02:16.640 --> 00:02:24.800 wind force 8 gig you're better off calling the whole assembly a video card 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:29.440 or graphics card and in the case of highly integrated devices like 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:36.720 smartphones the graphics accelerator is usually part of the soc or system on a 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:39.519 chip so stick with GPU in that case 00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:45.760 rather than calling your adreno 420 a graphics card let's move on to removable 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:47.680 media namely optical disks i'm bringing 00:02:45.760 --> 00:02:53.599 them up to highlight the difference between disk with a c 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:56.080 and disk with a k 00:02:53.599 --> 00:03:00.640 they both sound the same and for this reason both words are used 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:08.480 interchangeably quite often to refer to cds dvds and blu-rays and these things 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:12.400 but disc with a c actually specifically 00:03:08.480 --> 00:03:13.599 refers to optical media while disc with 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:19.920 a k is used for magnetic media such as 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:21.440 floppy disks and hard disks 00:03:19.920 --> 00:03:26.480 the more you know and coming back then to blu-rays you 00:03:23.760 --> 00:03:35.360 might understandably be a bit confused over how the letters hd seem to appear 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:39.440 on everything from cheap 1366 by 768 tvs 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:40.640 to outrageously expensive 8k displays 00:03:39.440 --> 00:03:46.879 well while the term hd isn't technically 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:51.360 incorrect as long as the resolution is 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:55.360 at least 720p or 1280x720 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:58.840 tv manufacturers often use the term hd 00:03:55.360 --> 00:04:02.080 without any qualifiers to mean 720p 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:04.640 exactly making lower end screens sound 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:09.760 more appealing if you want to know unequivocally 00:04:06.239 --> 00:04:12.239 what each hd variant really means well 00:04:09.760 --> 00:04:20.239 hd is 720 as we've covered full hd is 1080p 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:26.960 qhd or quad hd means 1440p 00:04:20.239 --> 00:04:28.400 and uhd or ultra hd means 2160p and up 00:04:26.960 --> 00:04:34.000 i guess words like full and ultra sound a lot sexier to 00:04:31.919 --> 00:04:39.360 potential buyers than a jumble of numbers but it's confusing nonetheless 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:47.680 and to make things even more baffling terms like 2k and 4k 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:50.240 actually refer to cinematic resolutions 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:55.040 used in the movie industry meaning that true 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:58.320 4k is actually a little wider than most 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:59.360 4k monitors or tvs on the consumer 00:04:58.320 --> 00:05:04.960 market and if you've ever seen a 1440p monitor 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:11.120 advertised as 2k well take a moment to shake your head 00:05:06.960 --> 00:05:15.360 and disgust as the actual 2k resolution 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:18.240 used in cinema is nowhere close to 1440p 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:23.360 real 2k is actually just a slightly wider 1080p 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:25.840 so then are there any misused tech terms 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:30.080 that drive you guys crazy put them down in the comments below and while you're 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:36.400 at it let us know if you'd like to see a second episode of misused tech terms 00:05:34.400 --> 00:05:41.520 do you find yourself 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