| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
| NVDOC | Non-volatile Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| MITI | Ministry Of International Trade And Industry (Japan) |
| BIS | Bremsstrahlung Isochromat Spectroscopy |
| EAAS | Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| BRS | Bibliographic Retrieval System |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department Of Defense) |
| CCSD-ED | Coupled-cluster Method With Single And Double Excitations-energy Derivative |
| APCI | Atm. Pressure Chem. Ionization |
| SRGO | Straight Run Gas Oils |