| Acronym | Meaning |
| CBN | Cubic Boron Nitride |
| IRDO | Intermediate Retention Of Differential Overlap |
| ATOC | Acoustic Thermometry Of Ocean Climate |
| AMBER | Assisted Model Building With Energy Refinement |
| GIAO | Gage Invariant Atomic Orbital |
| VPM | Variable Phase Method (for Electron-atom Scattering Calcns.) |
| MONES | Molecular Nonthermal Excitation Spectrometry |
| HPTP | Human Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase |
| GSJ | Geological Survey Of Japan |
| IRIS | Incorporated Research Institutes For Seismology |