| CA | Chartered Accountant [engl.] Bilanzbuchhalter |
| CLU | Chartered Life Underwriter |
| ACCA | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants [engl.] Glasgow, [UK], http://www.accaglobal.com |
| MDS | Metal-Dielectric-Semiconductor |
| LDSS | Low-dimensional Semiconductor Structure |
| MOS | Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| MIS | Metal Insulator Semiconductor |
| SIA | Semiconductor Industries Association |
| CMOS | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| COMS | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| SICAS | Semiconductor International Capacity Statistics |
| ESMT | Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology |
| MOS | Metal Oxide Semiconductor [engl.] Halbleiter-Technologie |
| WSTS | World Semiconductor Trade Statistics |
| RTM | Release To Manufacturing |
| P-MOS | Positive channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| MESFET | Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
| HMOS | High performance Metal Oxide Semiconductor [vgl. MOS] |
| mnos | Metal-Nitride-Oxide Semiconductor [silicon] |
| DMOS | Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
| BMOS | Bipolar Metal Oxide Semiconductor [engl.] Halbleiteraufbau |
| COSMOS | Complementary Symmetric Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| FMS | Flexible Manufacturing System |
| MMS | Manufacturing Message Specification |
| MES | Manufacturing Execution Systems |
| MRP | Manufacturing Requirements Planning |
| MSN | Manufacturing Sequence Number |
| NT | Northern Electric and Manufacturing Toronto, http://www.nortel.com |
| FMC | Flexible Manufacturing Cell |
| CIM | Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| GMP | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| BIMOS | Bipolar Metal Oxide Semiconductor [technique] [engl.] Halbleitertechnologie |
| MOSFET | Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
| N-MOS | Negative-Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor [engl.] Halbleiter-Technologie |
| MMFS | Manufacturing Message Format Standard |
| FMS | Flexible Machining/Manufacturing System |
| CNMA | Communications Network for Manufacturing Applications |
| MMS | Manufacturing Message Specification [engl.] |
| CIAM | Computerized Integrated and Automatic Manufacturing |
| MPCS | Manufacturing Planning and Control System |
| ICAM | Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| CCM | Computer Controlled Manufacturing [engl.] Computer-gesteuerte Fertigung |
| CAM | Computer Aided Manufacturing [engl.] Computer-gesteuerte Fertigung |
| CAM | Computer Aided Machining/Manufacturing computerunterstütztes Fertigen |
| AIMO | Audibly Instructed Manufacturing Operations [engl.] Produktion mittels Sprachsteuerung |
| 3M | Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company [engl.] Logo und aktueller Name des Unternehmens ist 3M |
| CADAM | Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing [engl.] Rechner-gestützter Entwurf und Fertigung |
| MAPICS | Manufacturing, Accounting and Production Information Control System [IBM] |
| CADMAT | Computer Aided Design, Manufacturing and Testing [engl.] |
| MAPTOP | "Manufacturing Automation Protocol/Technical Office Protocol, ""MAP/TOP""" |