| Subject | English | German |
| IT, mech.eng. | machine tool reference position | Referenzpunkt |
| IT | reference tools | Erschließungsmittel |
| IT | reference tools | Stammdatenarchiv |
| IT | reference tools | Bezugsdatenkartei |
| comp., MS | Reference Tools | Referenztools (A free floating utility in Microsoft Word for Mac that provides an "electronic bookshelf" of key reference tools from directly within the application) |
| mech.eng. | tool reference plane | Werkzeug-Bezugsebene |
| transp., mech.eng. | tooling reference | einstellwerkzeug |
| transp. | tooling reference | vorrichtungsanschlusslehre |