| bowtie -v 1 | bowtie with one mismatch allowed |
| bowtie -v 0 | bowtie with no mismatches allowed |
| CLI | command-line-based interfaces |
| DE | Differential expression |
| GEO | Gene Expression Omnibus |
| GO | gene ontology |
| GUI | graphic-based user interface |
| H-score | Hobotnica score |
| ITAS | Integrated Transcript Annotation of Small RNA |
| KEGG | Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes |
| lncRNA | long non-coding RNA |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| NGS | next generation sequencing |
| piRNA | piwi-interacting RNA |
| snoRNA | small nucleolar RNA |
| sRNA | small non-coding RNA |
| rsRNA | small rRNA-derived RNA |
| tsRNA | tRNA-derived small RNA |