| ACARA | Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |
| AFBF | American Farm Bureau Federation |
| AHEG | Ad Hoc Expert Group |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| AUD | Australian dollar |
| BDA | Big data analytics |
| BEC | Business email compromise |
| BEPS | Base Erosion and Profit Shifting |
| BEREC | Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications |
| BIT | Behavioural Insights Team |
| CAD | Canadian dollar |
| CAS | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| CCPA | California Consumer Privacy Act |
| CDR | Consumer Data Right |
| CISA | Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency |
| CNY | Yuan renminbi |
| CoE | Council of Europe |
| CPF | Compte personnel de formation |
| CRC | Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones |
| CRM | Customer-relationship management |
| CVD | Co-ordinated vulnerability disclosure |
| DDoS | Distributed denial of service |
| DEO | Digital Economic Outlook |
| DKK | Danish krone |
| DLT | Distributed ledger technology |
| DS&R | Data sharing and release |
| DSIP | Digital Science and Innovation Policy |
| DSS | Dynamic spectrum sharing |
| DTS | Digital transformation strategy |
| EECC | European Electronic Communications Code |
| ELLIS | European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems |
| EPO | European Patent Office |
| ERP | Enterprise resource planning |
| ESRI | Economic and Social Research Institute |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FWA | Fixed Wireless Access |
| GB | Gigabyte |
| GBP | British pound |
| Gbps | Gigabits per second |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| GIS | Geographic information systems |
| ICO | Initial coin offering |
| ICS | Industrial control system |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IDS | Industrial Data Space |
| IMDA | Infocomm Media Development Authority |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| ILA | Individual Learning Account |
| ILS | Individual learning schemes |
| IM | Instant messaging |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| ISP | Internet service provider |
| ISSA | International Survey of Scientific Authors |
| IT | Information technology |
| JPO | Japan Patent Office |
| JRC | Joint Research Centre |
| kbps | Kilobits per second |
| KBC | Knowledge-based capital |
| KIPO | Korean Intellectual Property Office |
| LORCA | London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement |
| MaaS | Mobility as a Service |
| MB | Megabyte |
| Mbps | Megabits per second |
| MinTIC | Ministry of Information Technology and Communications |
| MNO | Mobile network operator |
| MOOC | Massive open online course |
| MVNO | Mobile virtual network operator |
| NDGS | National digital government strategy |
| NDS | National digital strategy |
| NIA | National Information Society Agency |
| NICE | National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NSA | National Security Agency |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NTIA | National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
| NUS | National University of Singapore |
| OGD | Open government data |
| OT | Operational technology |
| PDBN | Personal data breach notification |
| PEA | Privacy enforcement authority |
| PES | Public employment services |
| PIAAC | Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| PSI | Public sector information |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RD&I | Research, development and innovation |
| RFID | Radio frequency identification |
| SAFT | Simple agreements for future tokens |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SFI | Science Foundation Ireland |
| SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| SMP | Significant market power |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| STI | Science, technology and innovation |
| STO | Security token offering |
| T&C | Terms and conditions |
| TfL | Transport for London |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| US | United States |
| USD | United States dollar |
| USPTO | US Patent and Trademark Office |
| VNI | Visual Networking Index |
| VR | Virtual Reality |
OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2020