| Acronym | Meaning |
| PHE | Potentially Harmful Element |
| DIP | Document Image Processing |
| BLDSC | British Library Document Supply Centre |
| AIME | American Institute Of Mining |
| IGF | Insulin-like Growth Factor |
| CTEM | Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| VD-RCC | Vibrational Diabatic-rotational Close-coupled (method In Mol. Collision Calcns.) |
| TIAS | Technology Investment Assessment Screen |
| RHFR | Restricted Hartree-Fock-Roothaan |
| ABSORB | Arctic Beaufort Sea Oilspill Research Body |