AE	Acoustic emission
ALB	Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
AMSY-6	Acoustic emission measurement system, type AMSY-6 (Vallen Systeme GmbH)
°C	degrees Celsius
EWGAE	European Working Group on Acoustic Emission
HAWK	Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst, Hildesheim
HNS	Hsu–Nielsen source
IADS	Insect Activity Detection System
IPM	Integrated Pest Management
IRG	International Research Group on Wood Protection
MPA	Materialprüfanstalt Eberswalde
NDT	Non-destructive testing
PLB	Pencil lead break (Hsu–Nielsen source test)
rH	relative air humidity
SHM	Structural health monitoring
SQL	Structured query language
WKI	Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut, Fraunhofer Institut für Holzforschung, Braunschweig
WWD	Woodworm Detector