| Acronym | Meaning |
| IBD | Ion Beam Deposition |
| CIS | Characteristic Isochromat Spectroscopy |
| LCGO | Linear Combination Of Group Orbitals |
| IGFA | Inert Gas Fusion Analysis |
| NESC | National Environmental Supercomputing Center |
| FMR | Ferromagnetic Resonance |
| CIMS | Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| AGRP | Agouti-related Protein |
| IAS | In-situ Air Sparging |
| ISC | Industrial Source Complex |