| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIPLA | American Intellectual Property Law Assocn. |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| VES | Vapor Extraction System |
| DRPA | Direct Random Phase Approximation |
| WRAS | Waste Reduction Advisory System |
| COHSEX | Coulomb-hole (plus) Screened-exchange (approxn. In Band-structure Calcns.) |
| ITP | Inosine 5'-triphosphate |
| MSF | Multi-stage Flash Distillation Plant |
| IHP | Inositol Hexaphosphate |
| BMV | Berthier-Millie-Veillard Method (semiempirical MO-SCF) |