| Acronym | Meaning |
| HAZ | Heat-affected Zone |
| HSDP | Hawaiian Scientific Drilling Project |
| GCMS | Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry |
| SVL | Single Vibrational Level |
| SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| EACE | Enzyme Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis |
| PBMS | Performance-based Measuring System |
| QRHF-CC | Quasirestricted Hartree-Fock Coupled Cluster |
| TSLP | Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin |
| ETGAO | Even-tempered Gaussian Atomic Orbital |