| Acronym | Meaning |
| PLY | Photoluminescence Yield |
| ETFSI | Extended Thomas-Fermi Strutinski Integral |
| IU | International Unit |
| TGDDM | Tetraglycidyl-4,4'-diaminodiphenyl Methane Epoxy |
| GWF | Generalized Wannier Function |
| ATG | Antithymocyte Globulin |
| PANAK | Peroxyacetyl Nitrate Aldehyde Ketones |
| THGF | Trigonometric Hermite Gaussian Function |
| BMRC | British Medical Research Council |
| CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |