| Acronym | Meaning |
| OCP | Organochlorine Pesticide |
| PISAM | Photon-induced Scanning Auger Microscope |
| AAT | Atomic Axial Tensor (in Mol. Optical Properties Calcns.) |
| IUAM | Independent United Atom Model (in Positron Scattering By Mols.) |
| VLC | Visible Light-cured |
| IRSL | IR Stimulated Luminescence |
| SCTDA | Separated Channel Tamm-Dancoff Approxn. |
| RIP | Ribosome-inactivating Protein |
| HGH | Human Growth Hormone |
| CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |