| APN | Access Point Name |
| cobot | Collaborative Robot |
| CPS | Cyber Physical System |
| CS | Critical Section |
| DS | Downstream |
| ECDF | Empirical Cumulative Distribution Function |
| ETH | Ethernet |
| HW | Hardware |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IT | Information Technology |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| PLC | Programmable Logic Controller |
| Pub | Publish |
| MAC | Medium Access Control |
| MQTT | Message Queuing Telemetry Transport |
| MTU | Maximum Transfer Unit |
| OT | Operational Technology |
| PCT | Production Cycle Time |
| RTT | Round-trip Time |
| SW | Software |
| Sub | Subscribe |
| US | Upstream |