| ADL | Azure Data Lake |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| AUs | allocation units |
| CI | compressed-individual files |
| CLR | common language runtime |
| CS | compressed-sequential files |
| CSV | comma-separated values |
| DI | decompressed-individual files |
| DLA | Data Lake Analytics |
| DLL | Dynamic-Link Library |
| DLS | Data Lake Store |
| DS | decompressed-sequential files |
| DS1 | data set 1 |
| DS2 | data set 2 |
| IMPSMS | In-Memory Protein Structure Management System |
| OS | operating system |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| SDK | Software Development Kit |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| TSV | tab-separated values |
| UDO | user-defined operator |
| VMs | virtual machines |