Zaczynając od początku:
CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAE Computer Aided Engineering
CIM Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
CAPP Computer Aided Process Planning
NC Numerical Control
CNC Computer Numerical Control (czasami Computerized Numerical Control)
EDM Electric Discharge Machining
FEA Finite Element Analysis (czasami FEM - Finite Element Method)
BEM Boundary Element Method
PDE Partial Differential Equation
CMM Coordinate-measuring machine
FMS Flexible Manufacturing System
PDM Product Data Management
PLM Product Lifecycle Management
SCM Supply Chain Management
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
SDLC Systems Development Life Cycle
RE Reverse Engineering
JIT Just-in-time
MRP Material Requirements Planning
MRP Manufacturing Resource Planning
IDEAS Integrated Design Engineering and
Analysis software