3DP 3D Printing: Fast 3D-3D Printing Technology
ABS Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene: 3D printing material is ABS plastic
AM Additive Manufacturing: Manufacturing industry
CAD / CAM Computer-aided design / Computer-aided manufacturing: 3D design technology and machined programming for CNC automatic machines with computer support.
CAE Computer-aided engineering: finite element analysis technology with computer support
DLP Digital Light Processing: 3D Printing Technology DLP
DMD Direct Metal Deposition: 3D DMD printing technology
DMLS Direct Metal Laser Sintering: DMLS 3D Printing Technology
EBM Electron Beam Melting: 3D EMB Printing Technology
EVA Ethylene Vinyl Acetate
FDM Fused Deposition Modeling (Trademark of Stratasys): 3D Printing Technology - FDM
FFF Freeform Fabrication: 3D Printing Technology FFF
LENS Laser Net-Shaping (Trademark of SNL, licensed to Optomec):
LS Laser Sintering: 3D LS Printing Technology
PLA Polylactic Acid: 3D plastic non-toxic PLA
RE Reverse Engineering: Reverse Engineering Technology
RM Rapid Manufacturing
RP Rapid Prototyping: Fast prototyping technology
RT Rapid Tooling
SL Stereolithography: 3D Printing Technology SL
SLA Stereolithography Apparatus (Registered Trademark of 3D Systems): 3D Printing Technology SLA
SLM Selective Laser Melting: 3D SLM printing technology
SLS Selective Laser Sintering (3D Trader): SLS 3D Printing Technology
STL / .stl Lithographic Stereo: 1 in many file formats Scan 3d and also the file format into 3D printer