| Acronym | Meaning |
| GEA | Gradient-expansion Approxn. (in Exchange-energy Calcns.) |
| DOS | Density Of States (in Band Structures) |
| DFDL | Distributed-feedback Dye Laser |
| ICI | Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional |
| MPW | Multiple Plane Wave (in Electronic-property For Metals) |
| VMC | Variational Monte Carlo (quantum Calcn. Method) |
| ADIOS | Asian Dust Inputs To The Ocean System |
| HH-GLF | Hyperspherical Harmonic-generalized Laguerre Function |
| AFS | AIRS Facility Subsystem (subsystem Of AIRS) |
| PBM | Proton Beam Micromachining |