| Acronym | Meaning |
| GCSOA | Gain-clamped Semiconductor Optical Amplifier |
| CIOSC | Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee |
| SORI-CID | Sustained Off-resonance Irradn. Collision-induced Dissocn. |
| HILIC | Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography |
| UMP4SDTQ | Unrestricted Moeller-Plesset 4th-order (perturbation Theory With) Single |
| STT | Surface Tension Transfer |
| PQC | Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal |
| AACVD | Aerosol-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| GSAM | Generalized Standard Addition Method |
| GNMP | Generalized Nonlocal Model Potential |