Ironically about the only acronym he does NOT try to explain is FFI, the reason for the project.
> A foreign function interface (FFI) is a mechanism by which a program written in one programming language can call routines or make use of services written in another.
> A foreign function interface (FFI) is a mechanism by which a program written in one programming language can call routines or make use of services written in another.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_function_interface