| Acronym | Definition |
| Acar | acylcarnitine |
| BMP | bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate |
| CCS | collision cross section |
| CE | cholesterol ester |
| Cer | ceramide |
| CL | cardiolipin |
| DG | diglyceride |
| EIC | reconstructed ion chromatogram |
| ether | plasmenyl/plasmanyl lipid |
| FAHFA | fatty acid ester of hydroxyl fatty acid |
| Gangl | ganglioside |
| GlcCer | glucosyl ceramide |
| GM3 | monosialodihexosylganglioside |
| HexCer_NS | hexosyl-ceramide |
| HRMS | high resolution mass spectrometry |
| ID | identification |
| LA | Lipid Annotator |
| LC | liquid chromatography |
| LM | LipidMatch |
| LPC | lysophosphatidylcholine |
| LPE | lysophosphatidylethanolamine |
| LPI | lysophosphatidylinisitol |
| LPL | lysophospholipid |
| M | molecular ion |
| MD | MS-DIAL |
| MG | monoglyceride |
| MPP | mass profiler professional |
| MS/MS | tandem mass spectrometry |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NL | neutral loss |
| PA | phosphatidic acid |
| PC | phosphatidylcholine |
| PCDL | Personal Compound Database and Library |
| PE | phosphatidylethanolamine |
| PG | phosphatidylglycerol |
| PI | phosphatidylinositol |
| PS | phosphatidylserine |
| Q-TOF | quadrupole time of flight |
| RAM | random access memory |
| SM | sphingomyelin |
| SRM | standard reference material |
| TG | triglyceride |