| Acronym | Meaning |
| DAPC | Department Of Air Pollution Control |
| SAIM | Scaled Atoms-in-molecules |
| AMC | Advanced Molding Compound |
| WPT | Wave Packet Perturbation Theory |
| BOS | Basic Oxygen Steelmaking |
| NVR | Non-volatile Residue |
| QWIP | Quantum Well IR Photodetector |
| CAM | Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (photosynthetic Pathway) |
| IST | Internal Standardization Technique |
| ESIE | Electron Stimulated Ion Emission |