| AIN | artificial immune network |
| AIRS | artificial immune recognition system |
| AIS | artificial immune system |
| ANN | artificial neural network |
| APC | antigen-presenting cell |
| CLONALG | clonal selection algorithm |
| CPS | cyber-physical system |
| CSM | co-stimulatory molecule |
| CSPRA | conserved self pattern recognition algorithm |
| DC | dendritic cell |
| DCA | dendritic cell algorithm |
| dDCA | deterministic dendritic cell algorithm |
| FAR | false alarm rate |
| FNR | false negative rate |
| FPR | false positive rate |
| GA | genetic algorithm |
| HIS | human immune system |
| IDS | intrusion detection system |
| INS | infectious non-self |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| min-dDCA | minimized dDCA |
| NSA | negative selection algorithm |
| OPC UA | Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture |
| OS | operating system |
| PAMP | pathogen associated molecular patterns |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| PRR | pattern recognition receptor |
| SHM | structural health monitoring |
| SOM | self-organizing map |
| SNS | self/non-self |
| TLR | toll-like receptors |
| TNR | true negative rate |
| TPR | true positive rate |
| WSN | wireless sensor network |