| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAD | Pulsed Amperometric Detection |
| MERLIN | Multi-element Radio-linked Interferometer Network |
| VOC | Viable Organism Count |
| ISRA | Image-space Reconstruction Algorithm |
| MCP | Microchannel Plate |
| SIV | Simian Immunodeficiency Virus |
| MOAG | MINDO Optimized Adjusted Geometries |
| GM | Geometric Mean |
| EXGEM | Extended Geminal (model Correlated Wave Function) |
| DAM | Diallyl Maleate |