| 1-D | One-dimensional |
| 2-D | Two-dimensional |
| 2D-HSM | Two-dimensional Henon-Sine map |
| CD | Cpestral Distance |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| DDE | Delay Differential Equation |
| DFT | Discrete Fourier Transform |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DRM | Digital Rights Management |
| HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
| LPC | Linear Predicative Code |
| MPU | Microprocessing Unit |
| MSE | Mean Square Error |
| NMSE | Normalized Mean Square Error |
| NPCR | Number of Pixels Change Rate |
| PSNR | Peak Signal-to-Noise-Ratio |
| PT | Processing Time |
| RAM | Random-Access Memory |
| SNR | Signal to Noise Ratio |
| SNRseg | Time-Domain Segemntal SNR |
| SSSNR | Segmental Spectral Signal to Noise Ratio |
| UACI | Unified Average Changing Intensity |