| Acronym | Meaning |
| CVT | Canonical Variational Transition-state (theory) |
| BBK | Brauner-Briggs-Klar (wave Function In Atom-electron Scattering) |
| MDCB | Methods And Data Comparability Board |
| SINDO | Symmetrically Orthogonalized Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| APS | Adiabatic Pseudopotential |
| BDTQ | Brueckner (with) Double |
| PIMBE | Plasma-induced Molecular-beam Epitaxy |
| STAD | Simple Town Air Dispersion Model (of Air Pollution) |
| VOA | Volatile Organic Aromatic Compounds |
| SAFT | Statistical Assocg. Fluid Theory |