| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMAPS | International Microelectronics And Packaging Society |
| INEEL | Idaho National Engineering And Environmental Laboratory |
| BOW | Bond-order Wave |
| BMS | Buried Metallic Sulfide |
| MR-CI-PS | Multireference-CI-perturbatively Selected |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| CGRO | Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory |
| ATH | Aluminum Trihydrate |
| LEEPS | Low Energy Electron Point Source |
| SOCS | Suppressor Of Cytokine Signaling |