| Acronym | Meaning |
| BFFAR | Benthic Foraminifera Accumulation Rate |
| BRS | Biennial Reporting System |
| NSWMA | National Solid Wastes Management Association |
| NPP | Nuclear Power Plant |
| IUBS | International Union Of Biological Sciences |
| AICHE | American Institute Of Chemical Engineers |
| LPFF | Laser Photolysis Fragment Fluorescence |
| ACSI | Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (for Fusion Reactor) |
| AIMP | Ab Initio Model Potential (for Valence-electron Mol. Calcns.) |
| CM | Configuration Mixing |