| GM | Game Master |
| GC | Game Computer |
| RPG | Role Playing Game |
| NGZ | Network Game Zone |
| MOG | Multiplayer Online Game |
| IGM | Internet Game Maker |
| PGN | Portable Game Notation |
| FRPG | Fantasy Role Playing Game |
| CCG | Collectors Card Game [engl.] Sammelkartenspiel |
| LWJGL | Lightweight Java Game Library vgl. http://www.lwjgl.org |
| EPEGA | European Egg, Poultry and Game Association Bonn, http://www.epega.org |
| ADFG | Alaska Department of Fish and Game [engl.] Juneau, Alaska, http://www.adfg.state.ak.us |
| CRPG | Chatsprache: Character [or computer] Role Playing Game Chat-Kürzel: Rollenspiel |
| MMORPG | Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game |
| DTC | Design To Cost |
| DFT | Design For Test |
| SD | Structured Design |
| MDL | Molecular Design Ltd. |
| DC | Design Change |
| HDL | Hierarchical Design Language |
| M.T.D | Master of Transportation Design Akademischer Grad |
| IDE | Interface Design Enhancement |
| DDS | Design Data Sheet |
| DAC | Design Automation Conference |
| GEDA | GNU Electronic Design Automation |
| FED | Fachverband Elektronik Design |
| JAD | Joint Application Design |
| IDE | Interactive Design and Engineering |
| ISD | Instructional System Design |
| DMS | Design Management System |
| DLD | Detailed Level Design |
| DIRT | Design In Real-Time |
| DID | Digital Image Design |
| ESD | Electronic System Design |
| EDA | Electronic Design Automation |
| TSD | Total System Design |
| TDP | Thermal Design Power Verlustenergie in der Elektronik |
| PDS | Program Design Specification |
| AID | Autointeractive Design [engl.] Entwurfsverfahren für elektronische Schaltungen |
| AMD | Akademie Mode Design Hamburg, http://www.amdnet.de |
| EDA | Electronic Design Automation |
| SD&D | Specific Development & Design |
| SDA | System Design Automation |
| SDDC | System Design Document |
| SDL | System Design Language |
| PDL | Program Design Language |
| OOD | Object Oriented Design |
| CID | Computer Integrated Design |
| CID | Cisco Internetwork Design |
| CFTL | Code First Think Later [Design] [engl.] Erst programmieren, dann nachdenkenSynonym für schlampiges Programmieren |