| Acronym | Meaning |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| LTDA | Low Temperature Die Attach [adhesive] |
| CIG | Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited (Australia) |
| MSPC | Multivariate Statistical Process Control |
| SAM | Scanning Acoustic Microscopy |
| MEBS | Medium Energy Backscattering Spectrometry |
| GFF | Green Function Formalism |
| POF | Plastic Optical Fiber |
| CSA | Chemical-shift Anisotropy |
| DSPB | Distorted-wave Strong-potential Born (approxn.) |