| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMPROVE | Interagency Monitoring For Protected Visual Environments |
| FAFS | Flame Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| HAO | Hybrid Atomic Orbital |
| TCO | Transparent Conducting Oxide |
| NRTI | Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor |
| FTTA | Federal Technology Transfer Act |
| ALEPH | Apparatus For LEP PHysics |
| UVPS | Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| RSS | Residual Sum Of Squares |
| MEOR | Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery |