List of Acronyms
| 1-D | one-dimensional |
| 2-D | two-dimensional |
| 3-D | three-dimensional |
| ALU | arithmetic and logic unit |
| AMP | asymmetric multiprocessing system |
| API | application program interface |
| ASA | acyclic sequential algorithm |
| ASIC | application-specific integrated circuit |
| ASMP | asymmetric multiprocessor |
| CAD | computer-aided design |
| CFD | computational fluid dynamics |
| CMP | chip multiprocessor |
| CORDIC | coordinate rotation digital computer |
| CPI | clock cycles per instruction |
| CPU | central processing unit |
| CRC | cyclic redundancy check |
| CT | computerized tomography |
| CUDA | compute unified device architecture |
| DAG | directed acyclic graph |
| DBMS | database management system |
| DCG | directed cyclic graph |
| DFT | discrete Fourier transform |
| DG | directed graph |
| DHT | discrete Hilbert transform |
| DRAM | dynamic random access memory |
| DSP | digital signal processing |
| FBMA | full-search block matching algorithm |
| FDM | finite difference method |
| FDM | frequency division multiplexing |
| FFT | fast Fourier transform |
| FIR | finite impulse response |
| FLOPS | floating point operations per second |
| FPGA | field-programmable gate array |
| GF(2m) | Galois field with 2m elements |
| GFLOPS | giga floating point operations per second |
| GPGPU | general purpose graphics processor unit |
| GPU | graphics processing unit |
| HCORDIC | high-performance coordinate rotation digital computer |
| HDL | hardware description language |
| HDTV | high-definition TV |
| HRCT | high-resolution computerized tomography |
| HTM | hardware-based transactional memory |
| IA | iterative algorithm |
| IDHT | inverse discrete Hilbert transform |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical ... |
