| BFT | Byzantine fault tolerance |
| CRL | Certificate revocation list |
| DAG | Directed acyclic graph |
| DLT | Distributed ledger technology |
| DPoS | Delegated proof-of-stake |
| DTN | Delay tolerant network |
| EV | Electric vehicle |
| FL | Federated learning |
| GCS | Ground control station |
| GPS | Global positioning system |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IoV | Internet of Vehicles |
| ITS | Intelligent transport systems |
| MEC | Mobile edge computing |
| ML | Machine learning |
| NFV | Network functions virtualization |
| PBFT | Practical Byzantine fault tolerance |
| PoE | Proof-of-event |
| PoET | Proof-of-elapsed-time |
| PoP | Proof-of-presence |
| PoR | Proof-of-reputation |
| PoS | Proof-of-stake |
| PoW | Proof-of-work |
| QoS | Quality of service |
| RSU | Road side unit |
| SDN | Software-defined networking |
| UAV | Unmanned aerial vehicle |
| URLLC | Ultra-reliable low-latency communications |
| V2R | Vehicle-to-roadside |
| V2V | Vehicle-to-vehicle |
| V2X | Vehicle-to-everything |
| VANET | Vehicular ad hoc networks |
| VSN | Vehicular social networks |