| Acronym | Meaning |
| DASD | Direct Access Storage Device |
| API | Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient |
| ECS | Energy-corrected Sudden (scaling Theory In Mol. Collisions) |
| BOAW | Bond-order Alternation Wave |
| HADES | High Activity Disposal Exptl. Site [for Radioactive Waste] |
| SCCC | Self-consistent Charge And Configuration Method |
| IBIL | Ion Beam Induced Luminescence |
| FBBR | Fluidized Bed Biofilm Reactor |
| NLLAP | National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program |
| NSSTC | National Space Science And Technology Center |