| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATE | Automatic Test Equipment |
| ASW | Augmented Spherical Wave |
| CAICISS | Coaxial Impact Collision Ion Scattering Spectroscopy |
| DEM | Digital Elevation Model |
| SPB | Strong-potential Born (approxn. For At. Collision Calcns.) |
| ITRM | Inverse Thermoremanent Magnetization |
| VTST | Variational Transition-state Theory |
| CCR | Council For Chemical Research |
| FIP | Full Intra-pair (spin-coupling) (wave Function) |
| SOCS | Suppressor Of Cytokine Signaling |