| Acronym | Meaning |
| DPN | Dip-pen Nanolithography |
| MEDO | Multipole Expansion Of Diatomic Overlap Approximation |
| D5W | Dextrose 5% In Water |
| DASD | Direct Access Storage Device |
| TASO | Terminal Atom Symmetry Orbital |
| LCST | Lower Critical Solution Temperature |
| APHIS | Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service |
| PAES | Positron-induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| HACS | Hazard Assessment Computer System |
| ECPSSR | Energy-loss Coulomb-repulsion Perturbed-stationary-state Relativistic Theory |