diff --git a/CMake/CMakeSetCompilerFlags.cmake b/CMake/CMakeSetCompilerFlags.cmake
index ad9311482ed65a521f90e8210709bfd0a8351ecd..9364c7412239ca2cabccc5cbd57c1e3a3d3092f1 100644
--- a/CMake/CMakeSetCompilerFlags.cmake
+++ b/CMake/CMakeSetCompilerFlags.cmake
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ endmacro()
 ################################################################
 macro(loadCompilerFlags)
 
-  SET(CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "")
-  SET(CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG "")
-  SET(CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_RELEASE "")
+  SET(CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "")
+  SET(CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_DEBUG "")
+  SET(CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_RELEASE "")
 
    # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_ID.html#variable:CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID
 
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ endmacro()
 ################################################################
 function(addAdditionalFlags project_name)
 
-    status_lib("additional compiler flags CXX: ${CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
-    status_lib("additional compiler flags CXX debug: ${CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
-    status_lib("additional compiler flags CXX release: ${CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
+    status_lib("additional compiler flags CXX: ${CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX}")
+    status_lib("additional compiler flags CXX debug: ${CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_DEBUG}")
+    status_lib("additional compiler flags CXX release: ${CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_RELEASE}")
     status_lib("additional compiler definitions: ${VF_COMPILER_DEFINITION}")
     status_lib("additional linker flags: ${VF_LINK_OPTIONS}")
 
@@ -74,15 +74,15 @@ function(addAdditionalFlags project_name)
     endforeach()
 
     # compile options
-    foreach(flag IN LISTS CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS)
+    foreach(flag IN LISTS CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX)
         target_compile_options(${project_name} PRIVATE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${flag}>")
     endforeach()
 
-    foreach(flag IN LISTS CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG)
+    foreach(flag IN LISTS CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_DEBUG)
         target_compile_options(${project_name} PRIVATE "$<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<CONFIG:DEBUG>>:${flag}>")
     endforeach()
 
-    foreach(flag IN LISTS CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_RELEASE)
+    foreach(flag IN LISTS CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_RELEASE)
         target_compile_options(${project_name} PRIVATE "$<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<CONFIG:RELEASE>>:${flag}>")
     endforeach()
 
diff --git a/CMake/compilerflags/AppleClang.cmake b/CMake/compilerflags/AppleClang.cmake
index c7130e5f40fa61a6011c8009b094611ed7f07ed0..6f52ad35956a967b3892aed26257fa1c41cb0c46 100644
--- a/CMake/compilerflags/AppleClang.cmake
+++ b/CMake/compilerflags/AppleClang.cmake
@@ -3,26 +3,26 @@
 #############################################################################################################
 
 # debug
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g")  # generates debug information. Works best with -O0.
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O0")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_DEBUG "-g")  # generates debug information. Works best with -O0.
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_DEBUG "-O0")
 
 # release
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3") # optimization level (-O3: most optimization which also could result in larger binaries)
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_RELEASE "-O3") # optimization level (-O3: most optimization which also could result in larger binaries)
 
 # all
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-fPIC") # position independent code for shared libraries
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-fPIC") # position independent code for shared libraries
 
 #############################################################################################################
 # warnings
 #############################################################################################################
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wall")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wextra")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-pedantic")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wall")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wextra")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-pedantic")
 
 if(BUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS)
-    list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS -Werror)
+    list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX -Werror)
 endif()
 
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wno-unused-function")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wno-unused-parameter")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wno-reorder")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wno-unused-function")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wno-unused-parameter")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wno-reorder")
diff --git a/CMake/compilerflags/Clang.cmake b/CMake/compilerflags/Clang.cmake
index 9a3de6c56007c26cb90ede287dc6b4fdfa9e2124..2eb4eec5ee89715a1668ef078c84f4e720bd04e6 100644
--- a/CMake/compilerflags/Clang.cmake
+++ b/CMake/compilerflags/Clang.cmake
@@ -3,30 +3,30 @@
 #############################################################################################################
 
 # debug
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g")  # generates debug information. Works best with -O0.
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O0")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_DEBUG "-g")  # generates debug information. Works best with -O0.
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_DEBUG "-O0")
 
 # release
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3") # optimization level (-O3: most optimization which also could result in larger binaries)
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_RELEASE "-O3") # optimization level (-O3: most optimization which also could result in larger binaries)
 
 # all
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-fPIC") # position independent code for shared libraries
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-fPIC") # position independent code for shared libraries
 
 
 #############################################################################################################
 # warnings
 #############################################################################################################
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wall")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wextra")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-pedantic")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wall")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wextra")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-pedantic")
 
 if(BUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS)
-    list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS -Werror)
+    list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX -Werror)
 endif()
 
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wno-unused-function")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wno-unused-parameter")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wno-reorder-ctor")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wno-unused-function")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wno-unused-parameter")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wno-reorder-ctor")
 
 
 
diff --git a/CMake/compilerflags/GNU.cmake b/CMake/compilerflags/GNU.cmake
index 2953598d5ff80afa96e04dfe56b021aed8690534..3e67b79e9c84d29b51b2881b17e2b74f5510bbd2 100644
--- a/CMake/compilerflags/GNU.cmake
+++ b/CMake/compilerflags/GNU.cmake
@@ -3,41 +3,41 @@
 #############################################################################################################
 
 # debug
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g")  # generates debug information. Works best with -O0.
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O0") # no optimization
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_DEBUG "-g")  # generates debug information. Works best with -O0.
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_DEBUG "-O0") # no optimization
 
 # release
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3") # optimization level (-O3: most optimization which also could result in larger binaries)
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_RELEASE "-O3") # optimization level (-O3: most optimization which also could result in larger binaries)
 
 # all
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-fPIC") # position independent code for shared libraries
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-fPIC") # position independent code for shared libraries
 
 if(NOT BUILD_VF_INCLUDE_WHAT_YOU_USE) # optimization flag '-funroll-all-loops' is not supported for IWYU
-    LIST(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-funroll-all-loops")
+    LIST(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-funroll-all-loops")
 endif()
 
 # gcov
 if (BUILD_VF_COVERAGE)
-    list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "--coverage")
+    list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "--coverage")
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} " --coverage")
 endif()
 
 #############################################################################################################
 # warnings
 #############################################################################################################
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wall")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wextra")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-pedantic")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wall")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wextra")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-pedantic")
 
 if(BUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS)
-    list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS -Werror)
+    list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX -Werror)
 endif()
 
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wno-unused-function")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wno-unused-parameter")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wno-reorder")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wno-unknown-pragmas")
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-Wno-cast-function-type")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wno-unused-function")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wno-unused-parameter")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wno-reorder")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wno-unknown-pragmas")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-Wno-cast-function-type")
 
 #############################################################################################################
 # linker options
diff --git a/CMake/compilerflags/Intel.cmake b/CMake/compilerflags/Intel.cmake
index 90c73b157b4ef3ec77c4d236bbf698876189c069..c7177d4c246402d8b865e7059273cb18d0938e44 100644
--- a/CMake/compilerflags/Intel.cmake
+++ b/CMake/compilerflags/Intel.cmake
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@
 # compiler flags
 #############################################################################################################
 
-#LIST(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-O")
-#LIST(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-wd654")
-#LIST(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-wd1125") #virtual function override intended
-#LIST(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-wd1224") #warning directive: This file includes at least one deprecated or antiquated header
-#LIST(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-wd377")  #class "std::auto_ptr<RCF::I_ClientTransport>" has no suitable copy constructor
-#LIST(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-wd327")  #class "std::auto_ptr<RCF::I_ClientTransport>" has no suitable copy constructor
-#LIST(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-wd327")  #class "std::auto_ptr<RCF::I_ClientTransport>" has no suitable copy constructor
+#LIST(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-O")
+#LIST(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-wd654")
+#LIST(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-wd1125") #virtual function override intended
+#LIST(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-wd1224") #warning directive: This file includes at least one deprecated or antiquated header
+#LIST(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-wd377")  #class "std::auto_ptr<RCF::I_ClientTransport>" has no suitable copy constructor
+#LIST(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-wd327")  #class "std::auto_ptr<RCF::I_ClientTransport>" has no suitable copy constructor
+#LIST(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-wd327")  #class "std::auto_ptr<RCF::I_ClientTransport>" has no suitable copy constructor
 #
 #LIST(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_C_COMPILER_FLAGS "-wd266")  #function "__GKfree" declared implicitly
-#LIST(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-xHOST -O3 -ip -ipo -fno-alias -mcmodel=medium -qopt-streaming-stores=always")
+#LIST(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-xHOST -O3 -ip -ipo -fno-alias -mcmodel=medium -qopt-streaming-stores=always")
 
 # all
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-xHOST;-O3;-ip;-fno-alias;-mcmodel=medium;-qopt-streaming-stores=always;-xCORE-AVX512;-qopt-zmm-usage=high")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-xHOST;-O3;-ip;-fno-alias;-mcmodel=medium;-qopt-streaming-stores=always;-xCORE-AVX512;-qopt-zmm-usage=high")
 
 # debug
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -traceback")
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX_DEBUG "-g -traceback")
 
 
 #############################################################################################################
diff --git a/CMake/compilerflags/MSVC.cmake b/CMake/compilerflags/MSVC.cmake
index 937d9f4d5d1fead78f35e2442845b27f13bc9a54..2af38d98e63cf04c4da476fb02754ce47510e4f6 100644
--- a/CMake/compilerflags/MSVC.cmake
+++ b/CMake/compilerflags/MSVC.cmake
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 #############################################################################################################
 # compiler flags
 #############################################################################################################
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "/bigobj") # increases that address capacity to 4,294,967,296 (2^32).
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-MP")     # enable multi-threaded compiling
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "/bigobj") # increases that address capacity to 4,294,967,296 (2^32).
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-MP")     # enable multi-threaded compiling
 
 
 #############################################################################################################
 # warnings
 #############################################################################################################
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "/W4") # highest warning level
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "/W4") # highest warning level
 
 # With W4 the following warnings appear many times. As long they are not eliminated they are suppressed:
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "/wd4458") # C4458: declaration of 'XXX' hides class member
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "/wd4100") # C4100: 'XXX': unreferenced formal parameter
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "/wd4505") # C4505: 'XXX': unreferenced local function has been removed
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "/wd4244") # C4244: '=': conversion from 'int' to 'char', possible loss of data, triggered by algorithm(2216,24)
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "/wd4310") # C4310: cast truncates constant value, triggerd by muParserbase.h
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "/wd4127") # C4127: conditional expression is constant: e.g. sizeof(int)
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "/wd4458") # C4458: declaration of 'XXX' hides class member
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "/wd4100") # C4100: 'XXX': unreferenced formal parameter
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "/wd4505") # C4505: 'XXX': unreferenced local function has been removed
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "/wd4244") # C4244: '=': conversion from 'int' to 'char', possible loss of data, triggered by algorithm(2216,24)
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "/wd4310") # C4310: cast truncates constant value, triggerd by muParserbase.h
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "/wd4127") # C4127: conditional expression is constant: e.g. sizeof(int)
 
 # Urgent FIXME: This warning should be activated and fixed:
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "/wd4701") # C4701: potentially uninitialized local variable 'lMaxX3' used
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "/wd4701") # C4701: potentially uninitialized local variable 'lMaxX3' used
 
 
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "/wd4251") # disable needs to have dll interface
-list(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "/wd4005") # disable macro redefinition (triggered by metis.h)
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "/wd4251") # disable needs to have dll interface
+list(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "/wd4005") # disable macro redefinition (triggered by metis.h)
 
 #############################################################################################################
 # preprocessor definitions
diff --git a/apps/gpu/LBM/DrivenCavity/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/gpu/LBM/DrivenCavity/CMakeLists.txt
index 031a3ec1543fe9241ed82a6bf9d8ec2c3bf99f5b..e4f62c0150c29f147dee0b99480d1fe28161511a 100644
--- a/apps/gpu/LBM/DrivenCavity/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/gpu/LBM/DrivenCavity/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PROJECT(DrivenCavity LANGUAGES CUDA CXX)
 
-#LIST(APPEND CAB_COMPILER_ADDTIONAL_CXX_COMPILER_FLAGS "-DOMPI_SKIP_MPICXX" )
+#LIST(APPEND CS_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXX "-DOMPI_SKIP_MPICXX" )
 
 vf_add_library(BUILDTYPE binary PRIVATE_LINK basics VirtualFluids_GPU GridGenerator MPI::MPI_CXX FILES DrivenCavity.cpp)