| Acronym | Meaning |
| VE-PPP | Variable Electronegativity PPP |
| ISGO | International Structural Genomics Organization |
| HPT | High Precision Translator |
| LITD | Lased Induced Thermal Desorption |
| DSS | Decision Support System |
| HMR | Hazardous Materials Regulations |
| APSGF | Antisymmetrical Product Of Strongly Orthogonal Group Functions (a Wave Function) |
| EXES | Electron-induced X-ray Emission Spectrometry |
| FACSS | Federation Of Analytical Chemistry And Spectroscopy Societies |
| ECMCAD | Extracellular Matrix And Cell Adhesion Molecule |