| Acronym | Meaning |
| GEOS | General Earthquake Observation System |
| TEG | Triethylene Glycol |
| MINTEQA2 | Metal Speciation Equilibrium For Surface And Ground Water |
| IEAES | Ion Excited Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| SCPT2 | Self-consistent Second-order Perturbation Theory |
| HAMR | Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording |
| TVD | Total Variation Diminishing |
| LINF | Laser-induced Native Fluorescence |
| TACI | Transmembrane Activator And CAML Interactor |
| USPHS | United States Public Health Service |