| Acronym | Meaning |
| RVB | Resonating Valence Bond (theory Of High-tc Superconductors) |
| NDPD | National Data Processing Division |
| LHON | Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy |
| MTF | Multiple Tube Fermentation |
| SIDMS | Speciated Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry |
| SIIA | Software & Information Industry Association |
| SAIC | Science Applications International Corporation |
| ZQS | Zero-quantum Spectroscopy |
| OMTP | Overlap-multipole-expansion Procedure |
| SPEED | Selective Potentiostatic Etching By Electrolytic Dissolution |