| Acronym | Meaning |
| UPD | Underpotential Deposition |
| FOWL | Fossil Fuel Waste Leaching (computer Program) |
| VMS | Vehicle Management System |
| GIPOF | Graded-Index Plastic Optical Fiber |
| ABS | Arc Bond Sputter |
| ZAA | Zeeman Atomic Absorption |
| EK | Extended Koopmans (method In Ionization Potential Calcns.) |
| MOSS | Multilayer Optical Scanning Spectrometer |
| MBE | Many-body Expansion (in Mol. Potential Energy Surface Calcn.) |
| GALT | Gut-associated Lymphoid Tissue |