| Acronym | Meaning |
| CINDORU | Cluster INDO Restricted-unrestricted |
| SET | Single Electron Transfer |
| VDU | Visual Display Unit |
| BTCC | Biological Threat Characterization Centerpar |
| EMD | Electrochemically (manufd.) Manganese Dioxide |
| IUAM | Independent United Atom Model (in Positron Scattering By Mols.) |
| KRMP2 | Kramers Restricted Moeller-Plesset Second-order (perturbation Theory) |
| D-CI | Double Excitations In Configuration Interaction |
| HGAAS | Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| MCT | Mercury Cadmium Telluride |