| AM | arm movement |
| API | application programming interface |
| ArSL | Arabic Sign Language |
| ASL | American Sign Language |
| BdSL | Bangladeshi Sign Language |
| CESAR | Recife Center for Advanced Studies and Systems |
| CSL | Chinese Sign Language |
| CSV | comma-separated values |
| CNN | convolutional neural network |
| DGS | German Sign Language (Deutsche Gebärdensprache) |
| EMG | electromyography |
| FLV | flash video |
| fps | frames per second, frame rate |
| GCAR | graph convolution with attention and residual connection |
| GCN | graph convolutional network |
| GRU | gated recurrent units |