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Glossary.

14 terms used across our diagnostics, explained without jargon. Tap any entry for the full definition.

Excessive latency when network buffers fill under load — the cause of lag spikes during downloads.

Centimetres of physical mouse movement required to rotate the in-game camera 360°.

Decibels relative to full-scale — the digital-audio ceiling.

Counts per inch — how many position reports your mouse emits per inch of physical movement.

Effective DPI — in-game sensitivity times mouse DPI.

Ghosting (keyboards)

When pressing certain key combinations causes a held key to disappear or an unpressed one to register.

Time from your click or keypress to the resulting pixel change on screen.

Variation in the interval between samples or packets — instability around the mean.

Loudness Units Full-Scale — the broadcast and streaming standard for perceived loudness.

N-key rollover — the keyboard can register every key pressed simultaneously, with no ghosting.

p99 (99th percentile)

The value below which 99% of measurements fall — the worst-case excluding outliers.

How many times per second your mouse reports its position to the host.

How many times per second your monitor draws a new image, in Hz.

When a single physical press registers as two or more electrical clicks.