+
+\newacronym{GADT}{GADT}{Generalized Algebraic Datatype}
+\newacronym{GPIO}{GPIO}{General-Purpose Input/Output}
+\newacronym{ADT}{ADT}{Algebraic Datatype}
+\newacronym{SDS}{SDS}{Shared Data Source}
+\newacronym{IoT}{IoT}{Internet of Things}
+\newacronym{TOP}{TOP}{Task Oriented Programming}
+\newacronym{EDSL}{(E)DSL}{(Embedded) Design Specific Language}
+\newacronym{RISC}{RISC}{Reduced Instruction Set Computer}
+\newacronym{ARM}{ARM}{Acorn \acrshort{RISC} Machine}
+\newacronym{LTN}{LTN}{Low Throughput Network}
+\newacronym{IDE}{IDE}{Integrated Development Environment}
+\newacronym{TCP}{TCP}{Transmission Control Protocol}
+\newacronym{RFID}{RFID}{Radio-Frequency Identification}
+\newacronym{GPS}{GPS}{Global Positioning System}
+\newacronym{RTOS}{RTOS}{Real-Time Operating System}
+\newglossaryentry{Arduino}{name=Arduino,
+ description={is a cheap and popular microcontroller that is widely used for
+ rapid prototyping}}
+\newglossaryentry{Clean}{name=Clean,
+ description={is a staticly typed pure lazy functional programming language based on graph
+ rewriting}}
+\newglossaryentry{Haskell}{name=Haskell,
+ description={is a staticly typed pure lazy functional programming language}}
+\newglossaryentry{iTasks}{name=iTasks,
+ description={is a \acrshort{TOP} implementation written as a \acrshort{EDSL}
+ in the \gls{Clean} programming language}}
+\newglossaryentry{Ivory}{name=Ivory,
+ description={is a type-safe \gls{EDSL} designed to generate \gls{C}-code
+ for high-assurance low-level systems}}
+\newglossaryentry{Tower}{name=Tower,
+ description={is a type-safe \gls{EDSL} similar to \gls{Ivory} designed to
+ generate code for \acrlong{RTOS}}}
+\newglossaryentry{Task}{name=Task,
+ description={is the basic building block of a \acrshort{TOP} system}}
+\newglossaryentry{mTask}{name=mTask,
+ description={is an abstraction for \glspl{Task} living on \acrshort{IoT} devices}}
+\newglossaryentry{C}{name=C,
+ description={is low-level imperative programming language suitable for
+ embedded devices}}
+\newglossaryentry{C++}{name=C++,
+ description={is low-level imperative and object-oriented programming
+ language suitable for embedded devices based on \gls{C}}}
+\newglossaryentry{SAPL}{name=SAPL,
+ description={is an intermediate purely functional programming language}}
+\newglossaryentry{Firmata}{name=Firmata,
+ description={is standardized protocol for communicating with
+ microcontrollers}}
+\newglossaryentry{Javascript}{name=Javascript,
+ description={is an imperative programming language designed to run in web
+ browsers}}