| Acronym | Meaning |
| CADAT | Computer Aided Design And Testing |
| SOI | Silicon On Insulator |
| LSD-SCF | Local Superdirect-self-consistent Field |
| RPCVD | Remote Plasma-enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| CCV | Continuing Calibration Verification |
| AIEMP | Ab Initio Environment Model Potential |
| GSMT | Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope |
| PISA | Pair Interaction Structureless Approximation |
| REX | Reactive Extrusion |
| ECS-P | Energy-corrected Sudden-polynomial (scaling Law) |