| CASSI | Coded Aperture Snapshot Spectral Imagers |
| CS | Compressive Sensing |
| CSI | Compressive Spectral Imaging |
| CSMC | Compressive Sensing Multispectral Cartography |
| DR | Decimated Rate |
| FPA | Focal Plane Array |
| IM | Interference Maps |
| MSE | Mean Squared Error |
| PSNR | Peak Signal to Noise Ratio |
| PSPA | Power Spectral Plane Array |
| SB | Spectrum Broker |
| SBD | Spectrum Broker Domain |
| SCCSI | Colored Compressive Spectral Imager |
| SDR | Software Define Radio |
| SSCSI | Spatio Spectral Encoded Compressive Imager |