| ACHEMA | Ausstellung für Chemisches Apparatewesen |
| CARL | Chemisches Aufweiten von Resist-Linien [Siemens] |
| DECHEMA | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chemisches Apparatewesen, Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie Frankfurt/ M., http://www.dechema.de |
| ACE | Air Combat Element NATO |
| MRE | Magnetoresistive Element |
| NE | Network Element |
| IE | Information Element |
| PE | Processing Element |
| PEL | Picture Element |
| PIXEL | Picture element |
| PIE | Persistent Identification Element |
| FEA | Fractal Element Antenna |
| FEM | Finite Element Modeling |
| TCE | Transmission Control Element |
| FEA | Finite Element Analysis |
| LE | Logical Element/Extent |
| PSE | Path Switching Element |
| PLE | Programmable Logic Element |
| NSCACE | NSC Auxiliary Control Element |
| OEF | Origin Element Field |
| DRE | Downstream Regulatory Element |
| DFCE | Defense Control Element |
| VPE | Virtual Processing Element |
| CCE | Configuration Control Element |
| CCE | Configuration Control Element |
| CEM | Configuration Element Management |
| CPE | Central Processing Element |
| DEF | Destination Element Field |
| BEM | Boundary Element Method [engl.] |
| PLCE | Peripheral and Loading Control Element |
| ASE | Application Service Element [engl.] Aus Feldbusnorm IEC 61158 |
| ASE | Active Storage Element [engl.] Aktive Speicherzelle |
| PTSE | PNNI Topology State Element |
| ROSE | Remote Operations Service Element |
| RTSE | Reliable Transfer Service Element [OSI] |
| SASE | Specific Application Service Element |
| SEAP | Service Element Access Point |
| AEG | Active Element Group [engl.] Gruppe der [elektronisch-] aktiven Elemente |
| TPSE | Transaction Processing Service Element |
| DC | Dublin Core [Metadata Element Set] |
| DEF | Destination Element Address Field |
| PBNSC | Peripheral Backup NSC Control Element |
| DBE | Design Basis Element [engl.] Auslegungsereignis [bei der Prozessteuerung] |
| HEP | Heterogenous Element/multi Processor |
| FEDIS | Finite Element Data Interchange Specification |
| IRICE | Integrated Remote Interface Control Element |
| SMASE | System Management Application Service Element |
| IAMCE | ISDN Access Module Control Element |
| CMISE | Common Management Information Service Element |
| SACEADM | System Auxiliary Control Element Administration |