diff --git a/lib/OperatingSystems/FreeBSD.php b/lib/OperatingSystems/FreeBSD.php
index db736eb8..44013840 100644
--- a/lib/OperatingSystems/FreeBSD.php
+++ b/lib/OperatingSystems/FreeBSD.php
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ public function getCpuName(): string {
 
 		try {
 			$model = $this->executeCommand('/sbin/sysctl -n hw.model');
-			$cores = $this->executeCommand('/sbin/sysctl -n kern.smp.cpus');
+			$threads = $this->executeCommand('/sbin/sysctl -n kern.smp.cpus');
 
-			if ((int)$cores === 1) {
-				$data = $model . ' (1 core)';
+			if ((int)$threads === 1) {
+				$data = $model . ' (1 thread)';
 			} else {
-				$data = $model . ' (' . $cores . ' cores)';
+				$data = $model . ' (' . $threads . ' threads)';
 			}
 		} catch (RuntimeException $e) {
 			return $data;
diff --git a/lib/OperatingSystems/Linux.php b/lib/OperatingSystems/Linux.php
index 34440347..4e17795b 100644
--- a/lib/OperatingSystems/Linux.php
+++ b/lib/OperatingSystems/Linux.php
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ public function getCpuName(): string {
 		$pattern = '/processor\s+:\s(.+)/';
 
 		preg_match_all($pattern, $cpuinfo, $matches);
-		$cores = count($matches[1]);
+		$threads = count($matches[1]);
 
-		if ($cores === 1) {
-			$data = $model . ' (1 core)';
+		if ($threads === 1) {
+			$data = $model . ' (1 thread)';
 		} else {
-			$data = $model . ' (' . $cores . ' cores)';
+			$data = $model . ' (' . $threads . ' threads)';
 		}
 
 		return $data;
diff --git a/tests/lib/LinuxTest.php b/tests/lib/LinuxTest.php
index 38361374..e3b9422f 100644
--- a/tests/lib/LinuxTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/LinuxTest.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public function testGetCpuName(): void {
 			->with('/proc/cpuinfo')
 			->willReturn(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../data/linux_cpuinfo'));
 
-		$this->assertEquals('Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz (4 cores)', $this->os->getCpuName());
+		$this->assertEquals('Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz (4 threads)', $this->os->getCpuName());
 	}
 
 	public function testGetCpuNameOneCore(): void {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public function testGetCpuNameOneCore(): void {
 			->with('/proc/cpuinfo')
 			->willReturn(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../data/linux_cpuinfo_one_core'));
 
-		$this->assertEquals('Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz (1 core)', $this->os->getCpuName());
+		$this->assertEquals('Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz (1 thread)', $this->os->getCpuName());
 	}
 
 	public function testGetCpuNamePi3b(): void {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public function testGetCpuNamePi3b(): void {
 			->with('/proc/cpuinfo')
 			->willReturn(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../data/linux_cpuinfo_pi3b'));
 
-		$this->assertEquals('Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2 (4 cores)', $this->os->getCpuName());
+		$this->assertEquals('Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2 (4 threads)', $this->os->getCpuName());
 	}
 
 	public function testGetCpuNamePi4b(): void {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public function testGetCpuNamePi4b(): void {
 			->with('/proc/cpuinfo')
 			->willReturn(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../data/linux_cpuinfo_pi4b'));
 
-		$this->assertEquals('Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2 (4 cores)', $this->os->getCpuName());
+		$this->assertEquals('Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2 (4 threads)', $this->os->getCpuName());
 	}
 
 	public function testGetCpuNameOpenPower(): void {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public function testGetCpuNameOpenPower(): void {
 			->with('/proc/cpuinfo')
 			->willReturn(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../data/linux_cpuinfo_openpower'));
 
-		$this->assertEquals('POWER9, altivec supported (176 cores)', $this->os->getCpuName());
+		$this->assertEquals('POWER9, altivec supported (176 threads)', $this->os->getCpuName());
 	}
 
 	public function testGetCpuNameNoData(): void {