| GenICam | Generic Interface for Cameras – an EMVA standard for camera control |
| GenApi | Generic API – the XML-based feature description layer of GenICam |
| GenCP | Generic Control Protocol – transport-agnostic register read/write |
| GVCP | GigE Vision Control Protocol – UDP-based control channel |
| GVSP | GigE Vision Streaming Protocol – UDP-based image data channel |
| SFNC | Standard Feature Naming Convention – standard camera feature names |
| PFNC | Pixel Format Naming Convention – standard pixel format codes |
| CCP | Control Channel Privilege – exclusive camera access token |
| GenTL | Generic Transport Layer – shared library interface for camera transport |
| NodeMap | In-memory representation of GenApi features parsed from XML |
| RegisterIo | Trait abstracting register read/write over any transport |