NewTqnia glossary
Technology glossary
Concise, trustworthy definitions for the technical terms that appear across our news coverage.
300 terms
Non-Consensual Intimate Deepfake
Nonvolatile Photonic Memory
Ocean Circulation Monitoring
Off-Nuclear Black Hole
A massive black hole located away from the central nucleus of its host galaxy.
On-Orbit Data Processing
Open-Weight Model
Operational Lifetime
Optical Player Tracking
A camera-based system that estimates player and ball positions continuously during a match.
Orbital Launch Vehicle
Orbital Reflector
Out-of-Distribution Generalization
Overall Survival
Paraspeckle
A membraneless structure inside the cell nucleus that organizes specific RNA molecules and proteins.
PCSK9 Inhibitor
Peptide Therapeutic
A medicine built from short chains of amino acids, often designed to bind a biological target with high specificity.
Perceptual Camouflage
Peripheral Lung Nodule
A small rounded abnormality located near the outer regions of the lung, often detected on CT imaging and sometimes requiring biopsy to determine its cause.
Perovskite Laser Cell
A photovoltaic device made with a perovskite semiconductor and optimized to convert light from a specific laser wavelength into electricity. Unlike an ordinary solar cell, it is designed for a narrow and controlled light source rather than the broad spectrum of sunlight.
Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cell
Persistence
In cybersecurity, persistence refers to techniques used to maintain access to a compromised system across time, restarts, credential changes, or defensive actions.
Personalized Cancer Vaccine
Phagocytosis
The process by which a cell surrounds and digests particles, microbes or other cells.
Phase III Trial
Phonon
A quantum of collective vibration in a crystal lattice that can carry heat and sound.
Phylogenetic Comparative Method
A family of statistical methods that compares traits across related species while accounting for their shared evolutionary history.
Physical Reservoir Computing
A computing approach that uses the natural dynamics of a physical system to transform time-varying data for machine-learning tasks.
Plant Immune Receptor
A plant protein that recognizes signs of a pathogen and activates immune defenses.
