| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCTR | National Center For Toxicological Research |
| DMS | Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor |
| HPMS | Highway Performance Monitoring System |
| BOAW | Bond-order Alternation Wave |
| RTO | Rapid Thermal Oxidation |
| HRSG | Heat Recovery Steam Generator |
| CIBO | Council Of Industrial Boiler Owners |
| GCLSDA | Gradient-corrected Local Spin Density Approximation |
| CNDO/OPTIC | CI Method For Elec. Transition Moments Of The Optical Transition Of Large Mols. Based On CNDO/S Parametrization |
| ISAST | Irreversible Sorption Affected Solute Transport [model] |