| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIMBY | Not In My Backyard |
| AIGER | American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium |
| SRIM | Stopping And Ranges Of Ions In Matter |
| ISD | Ion Stimulated Desorption |
| LBW | Laser-beam Welding |
| HMTA | Hazardous Material Transportation Act |
| DRIE | Deep Reactive Ion Etching |
| CCM | Cyclic Cluster Model (in CNDO For Deep Levels In Solids) |
| NPOESS | National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System |
| SANDS | Stratospheric Aitken Nuclei Detection System |