| Acronym | Meaning |
| VCSEL | Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser |
| NICMOS | Near-IR Camera And Multiobject Spectrometer |
| AFM | Atomic Force Microscopy |
| CASSCF-CCI | Complete Active Space Self-consistent Field-contracted CI |
| ILAC | International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation |
| PRRSV | Porcine Reproductive And Respiratory Syndrome Virus |
| POA | Preoptic Area |
| JCAHO | Joint Commission On Accreditation Of Healthcare Organizations |
| BNN | Back-propagation Neural Network |
| GIAO | Gage Invariant Atomic Orbital |