| Acronym | Meaning |
| RFLP | Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |
| LAWG | Laboratory Accreditation Working Group |
| STEM | Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| QSO | Quasistellar Objects |
| MEMS | Microelectromechanical Systems |
| NRAO | National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| BMV | Berthier-Millie-Veillard Method (semiempirical MO-SCF) |
| AREP | Averaged Relativistic Effective Potential |
| MGVB | Modified Generalized Valence Bond |
| DTGF | Double-time Green Function |