| Acronym | Meaning |
| MNDO/H | MNDO For H-bonded Systems |
| PDG | Patent Documentation Group |
| STAIRS | Storage And Information Retrieval System |
| GBF | Gibbs-Bogolyubov-Feynman (variational Principle) |
| PAPS | Phase-alternated Pulse Sequence |
| HMPAM | Hydrophobically Modified Polyacrylamide |
| GEMS | Global Environmental Monitoring Systems |
| PIPN | Pseudo Interpenetrating Polymer Network |
| VIRTIS | Visual IR Spectral And Thermal Spectrometer |
| MBT | Minimum [spark Advance For] Best Torque |