| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISO | IR Space Observatory |
| CCG | Constant Crystal Growth (model) |
| HWLT | Hazardous Waste Land Treatment |
| HDF | Hubble Deep Field |
| BMV | Berthier-Millie-Veillard Method (semiempirical MO-SCF) |
| ANO | Atomic Natural Orbital |
| DZP | (double Zeta)-polarization Contracted Gaussian Basis Set |
| EHP | Electron-hole Plasma |
| MNT | Molecular Nanotechnology |
| SRES | Special Report On Emission Scenario |