| Acronym | Meaning |
| GFIS | Gas Field Ion Source |
| NICMOS | Near-IR Camera And Multiobject Spectrometer |
| ICS | Intermittant Control Strategy |
| AFIS | Automated Fingerprint Identification System |
| ISI | Institute For Scientific Information |
| USCE | US Army Corps Of Engineers |
| GISAXS | Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering |
| DLMO | Density Localized Molecular Orbital |
| TLDA | Total Lifetime Distribution Analysis |
| SFMS | Sector Field Mass Spectrometry |