| Acronym | Meaning |
| BESB | Biological Environmental Specimen Banking |
| ASF | Augmented-space Formalism (a Generalization Of CPA) |
| FETI | Fluorescence Energy Transfer Immunoassay |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic |
| WPT | Wave Packet Perturbation Theory |
| IMPPT | Interaction Moeller-Plesset Perturbation Theory |
| PON | Particulate Organic Nitrogen |
| OEP-SIC | Optimized Effective Potential Self-interaction Correction |
| HAF | Halogen Acid Furnaces (for Burning Halogenated Wastes |
| TCR | T Cell Receptor |