| Acronym | Meaning |
| EFFF | Energy Factored Force Field |
| PIII | Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation |
| LCAO LDA | LCAO-local Density Approxn. |
| FRDS | Federal Reporting Data System |
| BBGKY | Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon Equations (in Kinetic Theory Of Fluids) |
| CCL | Carotenoid-carrying Lipoprotein |
| FP | Finite Perturbation |
| CBS-QCI | Complete Basis Set-quadratic Configuration Interaction |
| GX | Generalized Exchange |
| PNS | Peripheral Nervous System |