| Acronym | Meaning |
| PREM | Preliminary Ref. Earth Model |
| AAR | Alkali-aggregate Reaction |
| GDL | Glow Discharge Lamp |
| QHA | Quasi-harmonic Approxn. (in Intramol. Vibrational Relaxation) |
| HPCCP | High Performance Computing And Communications Program |
| INIS | International Nuclear Information System |
| ALSC | Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation |
| HMDI | Hexamethylene Diisocyanate |
| APME | Association Of Plastics Manufacturers In Europe |
| SSGF | Self-consistent Surface Green Function |