| Acronym | Meaning |
| APM | Acoustic Plate Mode |
| ARIES | Advanced Recovery And Integrated Extraction System |
| SLS | Strained Layer Superlattice |
| ARDE | Aspect Ratio Dependent Etching |
| NDT | Nondestructive Testing |
| SINDO/F | SINDO Free Of Empirical Parameters |
| CDPT | Constant Denominator Perturbation Theory |
| FRDS | Federal Reporting Data System |
| ISCLT | Industrial Source Complex Long Term (dispersion Model) |
| BPR | Bromopyrogallol Red |