| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAPRA | Rubber And Plastics Research Association |
| VFF | Valence Force Field (in Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| ISGO | International Structural Genomics Organization |
| AIEE | American Institute For Electrical Engineers |
| OPLC | Overpressured Layer Chromatography |
| DWA | Distorted Wave Approximation |
| SCCF | Spin-correlated Crystal Field |
| RESS | Rapid Expansion Of Supercritical Solution |
| SPORE | Solid-Phase Organic Reactions |
| PLID | Pulsed Laser Induced Desorption |