| Acronym | Meaning |
| MFS | Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| TPR | Total Population Risk |
| DAVINS | Direct Analysis Of Very Intricate Nmr Spectra |
| VHDL | Very High Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC) Hardware Description Language |
| SOC | Superposition Of Configurations (wave Functions) |
| ICT | Intramol. Charge Transfer |
| MAPW | Modified Augmented Plane Wave |
| RNRA | Resonant Nuclear Reaction Analysis |
| MOI | Multiplicity Of Infection |
| RVB | Resonating Valence Bond (theory Of High-tc Superconductors) |