| Acronym | Meaning |
| INDO/2-HP | INDO/2-hole Potential |
| AEVO | Active Electron Virtual Orbital |
| LEEMS | Low Energy Electron Mass Spectroscopy |
| HPM | Hole-potential Model (in Calcn. Of Mol. Excited States) |
| PASA | PCR Amplification Of Specific Alleles |
| HBV | Hartree-Bogolyubov-Valatin (theory In Calcn. Of Wave Functions) |
| LSW | Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner Theory |
| WQMSGL | Water Quality Modeling System For The Great Lakes |
| CBN | Cubic Boron Nitride |
| DMU | WOCE Data Management Unit (USA) (now Part Of DIU) |