| Acronym | Meaning |
| GFCM | Green-function Cellular Method |
| PFOE | Polarized First-order Exchange |
| AFRICA | Asbestos Fiber Regular Informal Counting Arrangement |
| AVE | All Valence Electron |
| DAPC | Department Of Air Pollution Control |
| RTF | Room Temperature Fluorescence |
| TDM | Time-division Multiplexing |
| CSD | Charge State Distribution |
| DRIE | Deep Reactive Ion Etching |
| X-SAR | X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar |