| Acronym | Meaning |
| VBXES | Valence Band X-ray Emission Spectroscopy |
| IPPP | Iterative Pariser-Parr-Pople Method |
| RAM | Reference-system Average Mayer-function (in Perturbation Theory) |
| PWRI | Public Works Research Institute (Japan) |
| CSMA | Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association |
| HVOF | High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel |
| TIMI | Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction |
| SICP | Sealed Inductively Coupled Plasma |
| NAS | National Academy Of Science |
| CDCGE | Continuous Denaturing Capillary Gel Electrophoresis |