| SSL | self-supervised Learning |
| DNN | deep neural network |
| LVD | Laguerre–Voronoi descriptors |
| LVDNet | Laguerre–Voronoi descriptor deep neural network |
| VLAD | vector of locally aggregated descriptors |
| SAP | self-attentive pooling |
| ASP | attentive statistics pooling |
| CEL | Contrastive Equilibrium Learning |
| DINO | self-distillation with no Labels |
| LKA | large-kernel attention |
| SEA | squeeze0-excitation attention |
| TDNN | time-delay neural network |