| AECO | Architecture, engineering, construction, and operation |
| AHS | Autonomous haulage systems |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AM | Additive Manufacturing |
| AR | Augmented reality |
| ARSG | Augmented reality smart glasses |
| BIM | Building Information Modeling |
| CAGR | Compound Annual Growth Rate |
| CAx | Computer-aided technologies |
| CBM | Condition-based maintenance |
| CCI | Industrial Cybersecurity Centre |
| CM | Corrective Maintenance |
| CNC | Computerized Numerical Control |
| CPS | Cyber–physical system |
| CVE | Collaborative Virtual Environment |
| eM | e-Maintenance |
| DCN | Distributed computational network |
| DL | Deep learning |
| D&P | Design and Prototyping |
| DSL | Domain-Specific Language |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| H-CPS | Human Cyber–Physical System |
| HVAC&R | Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration |
| IM | Intelligent maintenance |
| IMA | Industrial Maintenance and Assembly |
| IIoT | Industrial Internet of Things |
| IIRA | Industrial Internet Reference Architecture |
| IoS | Internet as a Service |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IT | Information Technology |
| MBSE | Model-based system engineering |
| ML | Machine learning |
| MR | Mixed reality |
| NC | Numerical Control |
| NCS | Networked Control Systems |
| OEE | Overall Equipment Effectiveness |
| OT | Operational technology |
| PAT | Process analytical technology |
| P&ID | Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams |
| PdM | predictive maintenance |
| PHA | Preliminary Hazard Analysis |
| PHM | Prognostic Health Management |
| PM | Preventive Maintenance |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PwC | PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| RAMI | Reference Architecture Model Industry |
| RMS | Reconfigurable manufacturing supply |
| RUL | Residual lifetime |
| SAE | Serious Adverse Event |
| SIE | Smart Innovation Engineering |
| SIS | Safety Instrumented Systems |
| SLR | Systematic literature review |
| SM | Smart Maintenance |
| SME | Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises |
| SVH | Subjective visual horizontal |
| SVM | Support Vector Machine |
| SVV | Subjective visual vertical |
| VC | Virtual commissioning |
| VR | Virtual reality |
| VR-MATE | Virtual Reality for the Maintainability and Assemblability Tests |
| WoS | Web of Science |
| XR | X-Reality |