| ABI | American Broadband Initiative (US) |
| ACARA | Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting |
| ACCESS | Accelerating Connected Care and Education Support Services on the Internet (US) |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| B4RN | Broadband for the Rural North (UK) |
| BCPs | Broadband connection points |
| BTOP | Broadband Technology Opportunities Programme (US) |
| CARES | Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (US) |
| CENETEC | Centro Nacional de Excelencia Tecnológica en Salud (Mexico) |
| CFP | Community Fibre Partnership (UK) |
| CHF | Congestive health failure |
| CIB | Canada Infrastructure Bank (Canada) |
| CNAM | National Health Insurance Fund / Caisse nationale de l’Assurance Maladie (France) |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease 2019 |
| CRTC | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication Commission (Canada) |
| DCN | Dakota Carrier Network (US) |
| DOCSIS | Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification |
| DRGs | Diagnostic related groups |
| DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
| EC | European Commission |
| EU | European Union |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission (US) |
| FSOs | Free-space optical |
| FTTC | Fibre to the Curb |
| FTTH | Fibre to The Home |
| FTTN | Fibre to the Node |
| FTTP | Fibre to the Premises |
| GBVS | Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (UK) |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GG | General government |
| GP | General practitioner |
| GVCs | Global value chains |
| HEIs | Higher education institutions |
| ICBN | Inter-County Broadband Network (US) |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IT | Information technology |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| ISED | Innovation Science and Economic Development (Canada) |
| LAI | Local Autonomy Index |
| LEO | Low Earth Orbit |
| LTE | Long-Term Evolution |
| MSP | Maisons de santé pluriprofessionnelles (France) |
| NBI | National Broadband Ireland |
| NBN | National Broadband Network (Australia) |
| NGBEP | Next Generation Broadband Expansion Programme |
| NHS | National Health Service (UK) |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PLATO | Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations (US) |
| PPP | Public-private partnership |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| PRISMA | Program on Research for Integrating Services for the Maintenance of Autonomy (Canada) |
| RAI | Regional Authority Index |
| RDOF | Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (US) |
| RFP | Request for proposals |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| SBVS | Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (UK) |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SHI | Social health insurance |
| SMEs | Small-and medium-sized enterprises |
| TALIS | Teaching and Learning International Survey |
| TL2 / TL3 | Territorial level 2 / Territorial level 3, i.e. large / small regions |
| UAs | Urbanised Areas |
| UCs | Urban Clusters |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| USDA | US Department of Agriculture |
| VDSL | Very high-speed Digital Subscriber Line |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WIP | Workforce Incentive Program (Australia) |
Delivering Quality Education and Health Care to All
Preparing Regions for Demographic Change
