| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCMP | Capacitively Coupled Microwave Plasma |
| TALMS | Tunable Atomic Line Molecular Spectroscopy |
| OCEPA | Office Of Communications |
| DRIFT | Diffuse Reflectance IR Fourier Transform |
| VASS | Variable Angle Sampling Spinning |
| DSCCR | Diffractive Sudden-closed Coupled Rotation (for Mol.-surface Scattering Calcns.) |
| MEHT | Modified Extended Hueckel Theory |
| PCI | Perturbative Configuration Interaction |
| OTC | Open Tubular Column |
| NCPTT | National Center For Preservation Technology And Training |