| Acronym | Meaning |
| CIS | Commonwealth Of Independent States |
| CCFET | Capacitively Controlled Field Effect Transistor |
| MRS | Materials Research Society |
| ASME | American Society Of Mechanical Engineers |
| SALI | Secondary Atom Laser Ionization |
| DVR | Discrete Variable Representation (in Wave Function Calcn.) |
| FGM | Functionally Gradient Materials |
| PQL | Practical Quantitation Levels (of Pollutants |
| SWIRLS | Stratospheric Wind IR Limb Sounder |
| OGWDW | Office Of Ground Water And Drinking Water |