| API | Application Programming Interface |
| BAM | Bit-accurate Model |
| BRAM | Block Random Access Memory |
| CMX | Connection Matrix |
| CNN | Convolutional Neural Network |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| CUDA | Compute Unified Device Architecture |
| DDR | Double Data Rate |
| DRAM | Dynamic Random Access Memory |
| DSP | Digital Signal Processor |
| FF | Flip-Flop |
| FIFO | First-In First-Out |
| FPGA | Field-programmable Gate Array |
| FSM | Finite-State Machine |
| GFLOPS | Giga Floating Point Operations Per Second |
| GOPS | Giga Operations Per Second |
| GPU | Graphics Processing Unit |
| GTX | Giga Texel Shader |
| HLS | High-level Synthesis |
| LUT | Lookup Table |
| LUTRAM | Lookup Table Random Access Memory |
| ML | Machine Learning |
| OBC | On-board Computing |
| PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| R-CNN | Region-based CNN |
| ReLU | Rectified Linear Unit |
| RGB | Red Green Blue |
| ROM | Read-Only Memory |
| SHAVE | Streaming Hybrid Architecture Vector Engine |
| SSD | Single Shot MultiBox Detector |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| VHDL | VHSIC Hardware Description Language |
| VHSIC | Very High Speed Integrated Circuit |
| YOLO | You Only Look Once |