| Acronym | Meaning |
| MALS | Multi-angle Light Scattering |
| SOCI | Standard Optimum Control [structure With] Integral [action] |
| SIIA | Software & Information Industry Association |
| SSDW | Static-static Distorted-wave (method) |
| UARP | Upper Atmospheric Research Program |
| ASW | Artificial Seawater |
| WATOC | World Association Of Theoretically Oriented Chemists |
| MSEP | Mean Square Error Of Prediction |
| EAN | Effective Atomic Number |
| EEM | Elastic Emission Machining |