| Acronym | Meaning |
| PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
| RLM | Reflected Light Microscopy |
| SISF | Superlattice Intrinsic Stacking Fault |
| NTRS | National Technology Roadmap For Semiconductors |
| MONES | Molecular Nonthermal Excitation Spectrometry |
| CASE | Computer Aided Software Engineering |
| CINC | Cytokine-induced Neutrophil Chemoattractant |
| POEMS | Plasma Optical Emission Mass Spectrometer |
| TC-GME | Time-convolution Generalize Master Equation (in Quantum Tunneling Calcns.) |
| CMP | Chemical Measurement Process |