| AQDEF® | Advanced Quality Data Exchange Format |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| CS | Companion Specification (referring to OPC UA) |
| CSV | Comma separated values (ASCII text file format) |
| DMIS | Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| GMS | Geometric Measurement System |
| HMI | Human-machine interface |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| I++ DMS | Inspection PlusPlus Data Management Services |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISO GPS | ISO Geometrical Product Specification |
| JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
| MES | Manufacturing Execution System |
| OEE | Overall equipment effectiveness from ISO 22400 |
| OPC UA | Open Platform Communications Unified Automation |
| PMS | Production management system |
| Q-DAS | Qualitative Data Analysis Software |
| QIF | Quicken Interchange Format |
| TCP/IP | Internet protocol suite (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) |
| URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
| VDI | Association of German Engineers |
| VDMA | The Mechanical Engineering Industry Association of Germany |
| VIM | The International Vocabulary of Metrology |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
