| Acronym | Meaning |
| VIRTIS | Visual IR Spectral And Thermal Spectrometer |
| EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| MPDS | Moment-polarized Dirac-Slater |
| IMEP | International Measurement Evaluation Program |
| CPB | Coupled Pressure Bars |
| DTR | Diffusion Transfer Reversal |
| BOPP | Biaxially Oriented Poly(propylene) |
| LICS | Laser-induced Continuum Structure |
| COHSEX | Coulomb-hole (plus) Screened-exchange (approxn. In Band-structure Calcns.) |
| CBOD | Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand |