| Acronym | Meaning |
| BRNO | Best Radial Natural Orbital |
| SCE | Short Channel Effect |
| PEDRI | Proton-electron Double-resonance Imaging |
| SNO | Sudbury Neutrino Observatory |
| BBS | Bulletin Board System |
| TOM | Total Organic Matter |
| CTOF | Charge Time-of-Flight Spectrometer |
| MVMA | Motor Vehicle Manufactures Association |
| OFET | Organic Field Effect Transistor |
| OCS | Outer Continental Shelf |