| Acronym | Meaning |
| PPM | Pages Per Minute |
| MEMS | MicroElectro-Mechanical System |
| FDM | Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| RAID | Redundant Array Of Independent Disks |
| CML | Chemical Markup Language |
| DES | Data Encryption Standard |
| GM | General MIDI |
| IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
| DAC | Digital-to-Analog Converter |
| CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |