| Acronym | Meaning |
| EIIA | European Information Industry Association |
| CVS | Constant Volume Sampler |
| CFF | Consistent Force Field |
| MIP | Microwave Induced Plasma |
| SCPM | Scanning Chemical Potential Microscopy |
| JOIDES | Joint Oceanographic Institutions For Deep Earth Sampling |
| APT | Accelerator Production Of Tritium |
| CDC | Center For Disease Control |
| PHF-OCE | Perturbative Hartree-Fock One-center Expansion |
| TSM | Total Suspended Material |