| Acronym | Meaning |
| DASD | Direct Access Storage Device |
| HEGL | High-energy Gas Laser |
| ASA | Alkenylsuccinic Anhydride |
| CEM | Conventional Electron Microscope |
| HDT | Heat Deflection Temperature |
| FP-LMTO | Full-potential Linear Combination Of Muffin-tin Orbitals |
| LSNMS | Laser Secondary Neutral Mass Spectroscopy |
| FPP | Finite Perturbation And Polarization |
| PAAP | Platelet Aggregation-associated Protein |
| CTIOSA | Charge-transfer Infinite Order Sudden Approxn. |