| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALTER | Acceptable Long-term Exposure Range |
| MODFET | Modulation-doped Field-effect Transistor |
| SIMR | Swedish Institute For Metals Research |
| GISPRI | Global Industrial And Social Progress Institute (Japan) |
| CITS | Current-imaging Tunneling Spectroscopy |
| SPF | Sun Protection Factor |
| EERF | Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility |
| CBF | Correlated Basis Function |
| CCM | Channeling Contrast Microscopy |
| CEPA | Canadian Environmental Protection Act |