| MA | Clock Output of the Host |
| MO | Main Data Output of the Host |
| SL | Data Output |
| SLI | Data Input of the Client |
| SLO | Data Output of the Client |
| BiSS | Bidirectional Serial Synchronous |
| SSI | Serial Synchronous Interface |
| CDM | Control Data Host |
| CDS | Control Data Client |
| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| nE | Error Bit |
| nW | Warning Bit |
| SCD | Single-Cycle Data |
| CD | Control Data |
| CTS | Control Select Bit |
| ID | Identification |
| IDS | ID Select |
| IDA | ID Acknowledge |
| IDL | ID Lock |
| ADR | Address |
| S | Start |
| P | Stop |
| CMD | Command |
| EX | Execute |
| *S | Optional Start |
| Cyclical | Occurring in cycles, in a predictive and deterministic
manner |
| Isochronous | Occurring at the same time |
