| A300 | Airbus A300 |
| IMA | Integrated Modular Architecture |
| AFDX | Avionics Full DupleX Switched Ethernet |
| HRT | Hard Real-Time |
| SRT | Soft Real-Time |
| NRT | Non-Real-Time |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| S-ARRP | Quality of Service-Aware Ring Redundancy Protocol |
| ADCN | Aircraft Data Communication Network |
| PI | Performance Indicator |
| VL | Virtual Link |
| VLID | Virtual Link ID |
| ES | End-System |
| BAG | Bandwidth Allocation Gap |
| MFS | Maximum Frame Size |
| LRU | Line Replacement Unit |
| ISO | International Standard Organization |
| CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collusion Detection |
| CSMA/CR | Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collusion Resolution |
| DAL | Design Assurance Level |
| COTS | Commercial Off-The Shelf |
| WSCAN | Wireless Safety-Critical Avionics Network |
| HR-UWB | High Rate Ultra-Wideband |
| HTS | Hierarchical Traffic Shaping |
| TTE | Time-Triggered Ethernet |
| PRP | Parallel Redundancy Protocol |
| TTL | Time To Live |
| GW | GateWay |
| NBAD | NumBer of ADdresses |