| Acronym | Meaning |
| RLF | Radially Localized (wave) Function |
| CDFT | Chemical-density-functional Theory |
| IAVI | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
| ORPI | Off-resonance Proton Irradiation |
| BCT | Best Conventional Technology |
| POSS | Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane |
| FCHF | Frozen-core Hartree-Fock |
| FAPAS | Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme |
| HLAO | High-lying Antibonding Orbital |
| HDD | Hard Disk Drive |