| Acronym | Meaning |
| NPCA | National Paint And Coatings Association (US) |
| BMAW | Bare Metal Arc Welding |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| OIDA | Optoelectronics Industry Development Association |
| ACBM | Advanced Cement-Based Materials |
| LUCO | Lowest Unoccupied Crystal Orbital |
| RAHB | Resonance-assisted Hydrogen Bond |
| CEARC | Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council |
| CRINEPT | Cross-correlated Relaxation-enhanced Polarization Transfer |
| QPCR | Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction |