| Acronym | Meaning |
| BA | Best Atom (basis Set) |
| RTP | Research Triangle Park |
| HMR | Hazardous Materials Regulations |
| PPA | Pollution Prevention Act (of 1990) |
| DCBOX | Distorted Coulomb-Born No-exchange Approxn. |
| VCCPB | Variable-charge Coulomb-projected Born (approxn. For Electron-atom Scattering) |
| LZC | Liquid Zone Control (in Alloy Processing) |
| IEM | Immunoelectron Microscopy |
| FROG | Frequency-resolved Optical Grating |
| CMF | Colloid Metal Film |