| Acronym | Meaning |
| DPN | Dip-pen Nanolithography |
| UDDS | Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule |
| NGFI | Nerve Growth Factor-inducedpar |
| VOHAP | Volatile Organic Hazardous Air Pollutant |
| ULSI | Ultra-large-scale Integration |
| PVD | Physical Vapor Deposition |
| ASCII | American Standard Code For Information Interchange |
| SABS | South African Bureau Of Standards |
| HETG | High-energy Transmission Grating |
| DVI | Dust Veil Index |