| Acronym | Meaning |
| LCBO | Linear Combination Of Bonding Orbitals |
| FTNMR | Fourier-transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| PZT | Piezoelectric Transducer |
| EPEC | Enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli |
| VF | Valence Force (model In Bond Properties Calcns. In Solids) |
| BRS | Bibliographic Retrieval System |
| SHOA | Second-harmonic Optical Activity |
| FEGO | Floating Ellipsoidal Gaussian Orbital |
| ACRS | Applied Computational Research Society |