| Acronym | Meaning |
| ZBLAN | Zirconium Barium Lanthanum Aluminum Sodium Fluoride |
| VCCPB | Variable-charge Coulomb-projected Born (approxn. For Electron-atom Scattering) |
| ILAP | Inter-Laboratory Analysis Program |
| HFPP | Hartree-Fock Pseudopotential |
| PBII | Plasma-based Ion Implantation |
| SSOP | Sequence Specific Oligonucleotide Probe |
| LLS | Linear-least Squares |
| EEM | Elastic Emission Machining |
| WRDC | Wright Research And Development Center |
| PTX | Pertussis Toxin |