| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATE | Automatic Test Equipment |
| APD | Avalanche Photodiode |
| ASCEND | Advanced System For Computations In Engineering Design |
| PFCGE | Pulsed-field Capillary Gel Electrophoresis |
| MSMO | Multiple Scattering Molecular Orbital Method (also Known As X(alpha) Scattered-wave) |
| SCEM | Semiclassical Self-consistent Eikonal Method |
| NIRE | National Institute For Resources And Environment |
| RPC | Reversed-phase Chromatography |
| ADO | Average Dipole Orientation |
| EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |