| Acronym | Meaning |
| BDE | Bond Dissociation Energy |
| HTS | High Temperature Superconductor |
| PCL | Phase Conjugate Laser |
| LAPIS | Linden Atmosphere/Phytosphere Interaction Study |
| ICRMS | Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry |
| NSSDC | National Space Science Data Center |
| HBJ | Hougen-Bunker-Johns (Hamiltonian For Mol. Calcns.) |
| VSWIR | Very Short Wavelength IR |
| TDOPM | Time-dependent Optimized Potential Method |
| IOMC | Inter-Organization Program For The Sound Management Of Chemicals |