| AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
| CDC | Common Data Class |
| DDS | Data Distribution Service |
| DNP | Distributed Network Protocol |
| DO | Data Object |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IGMP | Internet Group Message Protocol |
| GCM | Galois Counter Mode |
| GOOSE | Generic Object-Oriented Substation Events |
| HMAC | Hashed Message Authentication Code |
| IED | Intelligent Electronic Device |
| LD | Logical Device |
| LN | Logical Node |
| PURTT | Permissive Under Reach Transfer Trip |
| PV | Protocol Version |
| SCL | System Configuration Language |
| SI | Session Identifier |
| SPDU | Session Protocol Data Unit |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| XMPP | Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol |