| Subject | German | English |
| abbr. | civil engineer | CE |
| phys. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Vereinigung der Elektroingenieure) |
| org.name. | Society of Automotive Engineers | Society of Automotive Engineers |
| comp., MS | System Engineer | system engineer (A Microsoft employee who assists one or more specific royalty OEMs as they prepare to manufacture computers that will use the version of Windows that is currently under development) |