| ARBS | Arbitrary Bit Sequence |
| AWR | Applied Wave Research |
| BER | Bit Error Rate |
| BITW | Bit Width |
| CRLH | Composite Right/Left-Handed |
| CTLE | Continuous Time Linear Equalizer |
| DFE | Decision Feedback Equalizer |
| DSP | Digital Signal Processing |
| EQ | Equalizer |
| FEC | Forward Error Correction |
| FFE | Feed-Forward Equalizer |
| I/O | Input/Output |
| IL | Insertion loss |
| ISI | Intersymbol interference |
| LMS | Least Mean Square |
| MWO | Microwave Office |
| NRZ | Non Return to Zero |
| PAM | Pulse Amplitude Modulation |
| PCB | Printed Circuit Board |
| PRBS | Pseudo Random Bit Sequence |
| PRC | Parallel RC |
| RC | Resistor Capacitor |
| RLC | Resistor inductor capacitor |
| S | Scattering |
| SI | Signal Integrity |
| SLR | Series LR |