| Acronym | Meaning |
| FPLMTO | Full-potential Linearized Muffin-tin Orbital |
| GSMBE | Gas Source Molecular-beam Epitaxy |
| SOPITA | South Pacific Isotopic And Thermal Anomaly |
| MNDO-HE | Modified Neglect Of Diatomic Overlap-half Electron |
| SOP/ED | Split-operator Propagator (for) Electronically Diabatic (phenomena) |
| APO B | Apolipoprotein B |
| TMO | Truncated Molecular Orbital |
| BKW | Bobylev-Krook-Wu (method For Solving The Boltzmann Equation For A Mol. System) |
| ESD | Equiv. Spherical Diam. |
| LOA | Linear Optical Amplifier |