| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOVB | Biorthogonal Valence Bond |
| HUFA | Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids |
| RC(XI) | (fully) Correlated Relativistic Local-density |
| BASTM | Beam-assisted Scanning Tunneling Microscope |
| MRIS | Municipal Refuse Incineration System(s) |
| PERL | Passivated Emitter And Rear Locally Diffused (solar Cells) |
| PM10 | Particulate Matter |
| SCMP | Self-consistent Madelung Potential |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
| BSCO | Break Specific Carbon Monoxide |