| KISD | Köln International School of Design Köln, http://kisd.de |
| ESMT | European School for Management and Technology |
| DMS | Design Management System |
| S-Bus | School Bus |
| HS | High School |
| SLP | School License Program |
| COSN | Consortium for School Networking |
| HMS | Hamburg Media School Hamburg, http://www.hamburgmediaschool.com |
| OTS | Officers' Training School |
| ITS | International Translators School |
| ESO | European School of Oncology |
| HMS | Harvard Medical School Boston, [MA], http://hms.harvard.edu |
| ISN | Internet School Networking |
| SEPI | School Educational Provision Improvement |
| PBSR | Papers of the British School al Rome Zeitschrift |
| ABSA | Annual of the British School at Athens Zeitschrift |
| AASL | American Association of School Librarians [engl.] Chicago, IL, http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl |
| BGSP | Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis [engl.] |
| BSOAS | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Zeitschrift |
| BASO | Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research Zeitschrift |
| HSPA | High School Proficiency Assessment [engl.] Bewertung der Hochschuleignung |
| DFT | Design For Test |
| DC | Design Change |
| MDL | Molecular Design Ltd. |
| DTC | Design To Cost |
| SD | Structured Design |
| PDS | Program Design Specification |
| PDL | Program Design Language |
| CD | Corporate Design [engl.] |
| OOD | Object Oriented Design |
| CDL | Computer Design Language |
| CFTL | Code First Think Later [Design] [engl.] Erst programmieren, dann nachdenkenSynonym für schlampiges Programmieren |
| JAD | Joint Application Design |
| DIRT | Design In Real-Time |
| CID | Cisco Internetwork Design |
| CID | Computer Integrated Design |
| FED | Fachverband Elektronik Design |
| HDL | Hierarchical Design Language |
| SDA | System Design Automation |
| GEDA | GNU Electronic Design Automation |
| ESD | Electronic System Design |
| IDE | Interface Design Enhancement |
| IDE | Interactive Design and Engineering |
| EDA | Electronic Design Automation |
| EDA | Electronic Design Automation |
| M.T.D | Master of Transportation Design Akademischer Grad |
| MDE | Modular Design Environment |
| MDR | Minimum Design Requirement |
| DLD | Detailed Level Design |
| ND&I | Network Design & Installation [Sun] |