Specsmanship is the use of specifications or measurement results to suggest or establish putative superiority of one entity over, especially when it is inappropriate. It is commonly found in advertising of
high fidelity audio equipment, automobiles,
digital camera
A digital camera is a camera that captures photographs in digital memory. Most cameras produced today are digital, largely replacing those that capture images on photographic film. Digital cameras are now widely incorporated into mobile devic ...
s
,
electronic display
An electronic visual display, informally a screen, is a display device for presentation of images, text, or video transmitted electronically, without producing a permanent record. Electronic visual displays include television sets, computer monit ...
devices,
[M. E. Becker]
Display usability, performance specifications and standards
Symposium on Display Usability: Modelling, Specification, Measurement & Assessment, NPL Teddington, 7 March 2006, co-organised by ORM, SID, UKDN
and other merchandise.
Specsmanship may identify some numerical
figure of merit
A figure of merit is a quantity used to characterize the performance of a device, system or method, relative to its alternatives. Examples
*Clock rate of a CPU
*Calories per serving
*Contrast ratio of an LCD
*Frequency response of a speaker
* Fi ...
upon which to base pride or derision, whether or not it is relevant to actual use of the device.
References
External links
* The "Mass" of Pixels or the "Mess" of Pixels? The more pixels, the worse the image
6MegaPixel.org/
Neologisms
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