| Abbreviation | Description |
| AI | Adequate intake |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| CPU | Central processing unit |
| EMC | Electronic Medicines Compendium |
| EMDC | Emergency medical dispatch centre |
| EPS | European Project Semester |
| ERD | Entity-Relationship Diagram |
| EU | European Union |
| DFD | Data Flow Diagram |
| DNA | Desoxyribonucleic acid |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation ( |
| GPU | Graphics processing unit |
| HPC | - High-Performance Computing |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| ISEP | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto |
| LCA | Life Cycle Assessment |
| LED | Light-Emitting Diode |
| LVD | Low Voltage Directive |
| mRNA | Messenger ribonucleic acid |
| PESTEL | Political-Economic-Social-Technological-Environmental/Ecological-Legal |
| PET | Polyethylene Terephthalat |
| RED | |
| RoHS | Restriction of Hazardous Substances |
| SDG | United Nations Sustainable Development Goals |
| SI | International System of Units |
| SWOT | Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats-Analysis |
| UN | United Nations |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| UV-C | Ultraviolet-C |
| UML | Unified Modeling Language |
| TDS | Total Dissolved Solids |