| AXI | Advanced extensible interface [27] |
| AT | Active tag—indicates whether a component is still active |
| CCA | Connected components analysis |
| DT | Data table—accumulates the component feature vector |
| FIFO | First in first out buffer |
| FPGA | Field programmable gate array |
| IFV | Initial feature vector—the feature vector of a single pixel |
| LUT | Look up table—the logic element on an FPGA |
| MT | Merger table—indicates equivalent labels, for obtaining the representative label |
| RAM | Random access memory |
| RB | Row buffer—caches labels assigned for use in the following row |