| ACC | accelerometer |
| ANS | autonomic nervous system |
| API | application programming interface |
| BLE | Bluetooth Low Energy/Bluetooth 4.0 |
| Bpm/bpm | beats per minute |
| CI | confidence interval |
| DiY | do-it-yourself |
| ECG | electrocardiography |
| EDA | electrodermal activity |
| EEG | electroencephalography |
| EMG | electromyography |
| EOG | electrooculography |
| GSR | galvanic skin response |
| HF | High Frequency |
| HF(nu) | High Frequency normalized unit |
| HR | Heart Rate |
| HRV | heart rate variability |
| Hz | Hertz |
| IAPS | International Affective Picture System |
| ICC | Intraclass Correlation Coefficient |
| LF | Low Frequency |
| LF(nu) | Low Frequency normalized unit |
| LF/HF | ratio between low frequency and high frequency |
| LoA | Limits of Agreement |
| LSL | Lab Streaming Layer |
| LUX | photo transistor |
| MEG | magnetoencephalography |
| Q-Q plot | quantile-quantile plot |
| RMSSD | Root Mean Square of Successive Differences |
| SDNN | Standard deviation of the NN (R-R) intervals |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| VLF | very low frequency |
| XDF | extensible data format |