| Abbreviation | Full Meaning |
| ANN | Artificial Neural Network |
| ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| ASIP | Application-Specific Instruction-set Processor |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| CNN | Convolutional Neural Network |
| DCNN | Deep Convolutional Neural Network |
| DMA | Direct Memory Access |
| DNN | Deep Neural Network |
| DSA | Domain-Specific Architectures |
| DSP | Digital Signal Processor |
| EML | Embedded Machine Learning |
| FPAA | Field Programmable Analog Array |
| FPGA | Field Programmable Gate Array |
| FC | Fully Connected |
| GPGPU | General Purpose Graphic Processing Unit |
| GMM | Gaussian Mixture Model |
| HMM | Hidden Markov Model |
| IC | Integrated Circuit |
| I/O | Input/output |
| ISA | Instruction Set Architecture |
| ISF | Intelligent Sensor Framework |
| k-NN | k-Nearest Neighbors |
| LRN | Local Response Normalization |
| LSTM | Long Short Term Memory |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| MANET | Mobile Adhoc Network |
| MCU | Microcontroller Unit |
| PE | Processing Element |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| RNN | Recurrent Neural Network |
| SoC | System on Chip |
| SVM | Support Vector Machines |
| SDG | Stochastic Descent Gradient |
| SVD | Singular Value Decomposition |
| TPU | Tensor Processing Unit |
| WSN | Wireless Sensor Network |