| Acronym | Meaning |
| PERV | Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus |
| AOVB | Atomic Orbital Valence Bond (molecular Wave Function) |
| VSEP | Vibratory Shear Enhanced Process |
| NAICS | North American Industrial Classification System |
| AESOPS | Antarctic Environment Southern Ocean Process Study |
| CWM | Chem. Warfare Materials |
| BOFT | Bearing Oil Film Thickness |
| OMEGA | Method In Molecular Orbital Calculations |
| LSM | Layered Synthetic Microstructure |
| LCGTO | Linear Combination Of Gaussian Type Orbitals |