| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSW | US Office Of Saline Water |
| PPKTP | Periodically Poled KTiOPO4 |
| HMI | Hornbeck-Molnar Ionization (homonuclear Associative Ionization In At. Collisions) |
| SOP | Second-order Potential (method For Positron-atom Scattering) |
| FDBVM | Finite Difference Boundary Value Method |
| CPAC | Center For Process Analytical Chemistry |
| LPPS | Low-pressure Plasma Spraying |
| DTRA | Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
| NNI | National Nanotechnology Initiative |
| CD ROM | Compact Disk Read Only Memory |