| Acronym | Meaning |
| C4 | Controlled Collapse Chip Connection |
| LPP | Laser-produced Plasma |
| SLI | Starter Light Ignition (lead Batteries) |
| S/MTD | STOL Maneuvering Technology Demonstrator (program) |
| CHF | Critical Heat Flux |
| ECBM | Extended Classical Over-barrier Model (in Calcns. On Inelastic Ion-atom Colisions) |
| TSAE | Two-state Atomic Expansion (model For Atom-ion Collisions) |
| VSMOW | Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water |
| CSCBS | Charge-self-consistent Band-structure (method) |
| DMPK | Myotonic Dystrophy Protein Kinase |