| AVX | Advanced Vector Extension |
| CHA | Cache/Homing Agent |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| CUDA | Compute Unified Device Architecture |
| EDD | Exact Domain Decomposition |
| FMA | Fused Multiply-Add |
| GPU | Graphical Processing Unit |
| HPC | High-Performance Computation |
| HSW | Haswell |
| KNL | Knights Landing |
| MPAS | Model for Prediction Across Scales |
| ODE | Ordinary Differential equation |
| PDE | Partial Differential Equations |
| PFASST | Parallel Full Approximation Scheme in Space and Time |
| PITA | Parallel In Time Algorithm |
| PRA | Parareal Algorithm |
| SIMD | Single Instruction Multiple Data |
| TSA | Transient Stability Analysis |
| VPU | Vector Processing Unit |