Name for different styles of tech used in science fiction?

in supreme commander, the "texture" of the aeon tech. is different from the covenant tech. from halo, which is different from the usual "standard" type of tech (boxy, dull) used in most science fiction, which is different from the "dark n sharp" (as i call it) used by the dredge in titan a.e., which is different from the "crude" tech (as i call it) used by the brutes in halo, and so on.