| Acronym | Meaning |
| CSIA | Compd.-specific Isotope Anal. |
| GRAPE | Global Relationship Assessment To Protect The Environment |
| SINK | Saturation Internuclear Kinetics |
| NASO | Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System |
| DRAW | Digital Read After Write |
| WQS | Water Quality Standard |
| LQG | Linear Quadratic Gaussian |
| IMF | Intermediate Mass Fragment |
| SEND | Surfaces Enhanced For Neat Desorption |
| B1B | (coulomb) Boundary-corrected First Born (for Scattering) |