| Acronym | Meaning |
| THEL | Tactical High Energy Laser |
| MMFF | Molecular Mechanics Force Field |
| DOIT | Federal Advisory Committee To Develop On-site Innovative Technologies |
| DRUM | Davis Rotating-drum Universal-size-cut Monitoring [cascade Impactor] Sampler |
| ISH | In Situ Hybridization |
| FKBP | FK506 Binding Protein |
| TIW | Time-independent Wave Packet |
| MIPS | Million Instructions Per Second |
| PHF | Perturbative Hartree-Fock |
| HBL | Health Based Level |