| Acronym | Meaning |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| PWFB | Plane-wave First Born |
| HAADF | High-angle Annular Dark-field |
| DOMES | Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study |
| RQCISD | (spin) Restricted QCISD |
| DSTD | Dynamic Surface Tension Detection |
| GSAM | Generalized Standard Addition Method |
| IABO | International Association Of Biological Oceanography (ICSU) |
| GEMS | Graphical Exposure Modeling System |
| MNOS | Metal-nitride Oxide Semiconductor |