| Acronym | Meaning |
| CIESIN | Consortium Of International Earth Sciences Information Network |
| IECSC | Inventory Of Existing Chemical Substance In China |
| CCRM | Coupled-channel Reactance Matrix (in Atom Surface Scattering) |
| MVC | Multi-variable Control |
| ZBL | Ziegler, Biersack And Littmark |
| CAC | Carbon Arc Cutting |
| FOE | First-order Exchange (in Electron-atom Scattering Calcn.) |
| QFDFT | Quantum-fluid Density-functional Theory |
| HIP | Hot Isostatic Pressing |
| LHEA | Laboratory For High Energy Astrophysics |