ABS	acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
AM	additive manufacturing
CAD	computer aided design
CAL	computed axial lithography
CLIP	continuous liquid interphase printing
DIW	direct ink writing
DLD	direct laser deposition
DLF	direct light fabrication
DLMD	direct laser metal deposition
DLP	digital light processing
DLW	direct laser writing
DMD	digital micro-mirror device
DMLM	direct metal laser melting
DMLS	direct metal laser sintering
DSLS	direct selective laser sintering
EBID	electron beam induced deposition
EBM	electron beam melting
EHD-IJP	electrohydrodynamic ink jet printing
FDM	fused deposition modelling
FIB	focused ion beam
FFF	fused filament fabrication
IBID	ion beam induced deposition
IJP	ink jet 3D printing
IJ-SLS	ink jet selective laser sintering
LDW	laser deposition welding
LED	light-emitting diode
LENS	laser engineered net shaping
LPBF	laser powder bed fusion
LMD	laser metal deposition
LRP	laminated resin printing
MEMS	micro electro-mechanical systems
MIP-SLA	mask-image-projection stereolithography
MJF	multi jet fusion
MJM	multi jet modelling
NEMS	nano electro-mechanical systems
PA	polyamide
PBBJ	powder bed binder jetting
PBF	powder bed fusion
PBF-LB/M	laser-based powder bed fusion of metals
PBF-LB/P	laser-based powder bed fusion of polymers
PDED	powder directed energy deposition
PDMS	polydimethylsiloxane
PET	polyethylene terephthalate
PFW	powder fusion welding
PLA	polylactic acid
PSLA	projection stereolithography
PZT	lead zirconate titanate
SLA	(micro) stereolithography
SLM	selective laser melting
SLS	selective laser sintering
SLSLA	scanning laser stereolithography
TPP	two-photon polymerization
UV	ultraviolet
VED	volume energy density