| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| TELD | Transferred-electron Logic Device |
| TSE | Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies |
| FAPAS | Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme |
| DIBP | Diisobutyl Phthalate |
| DFG | Difference Frequency Generation |
| CNIE | Committee For The National Institute For The Environment |
| GHF | Generalized Hartree-Fock Method |
| QPT | Quantum Phase Transition |
| IUAM | Independent United Atom Model (in Positron Scattering By Mols.) |