| Acronym | Meaning |
| MOAG | MINDO Optimized Adjusted Geometries |
| CMAS | CaO-MgO-aluminum Oxide-silicon Dioxide |
| ABLE | Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment |
| SROS | Spin-restricted Open Shell |
| EBB | Electronic Bulletin Board |
| PSP | Pressure-sensitive Paint |
| IAPSO | International Association For The Physical Sciences Of The Ocean (ICSU) |
| UHF-AA | Unrestricted Hartree-Fock (with Spin) Annihilation |
| CPMP | Committee For Proprietary Medical Products |
| CRISM | Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer For Mars |