| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECB | European Chemicals Bureau |
| FIAT | Field Information Agency Technical |
| CIOSC | Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee |
| SVE | Selected Valence Electron Model |
| CLC | Chloride Channel |
| AST | Aboveground Storage Tank |
| PDGFR | Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor |
| MDW | Multichannel Distorted Wave (Born Approxn.) |
| IRPTC | International Register Of Potentially Toxic Chemicals |
| R2PI | Resonant Two-photon Ionization |