| Acronym | Meaning |
| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| AFA | Average Fock Approxn. |
| CMOD | Crack Mouth Opening Displacement |
| AQM | Acenaphthenequinone Monoxime |
| SORI | Sustained Off-resonance Irradn. |
| STI | Shallow Trench Isolation |
| MGVB | Modified Generalized Valence Bond |
| SCCM | Self-consistent Cell Model |
| ABWAG | Abwasserabgabengestres (Germany Wastewater Discharge Law Regulates Cost Per Volume) |
| NCLI | National Chemical Laboratory For Industry (Japan) |