| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCOM | Coupled Channel Optical Method |
| SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| AEZ | Alkaline Earth Zeolite |
| ESA | Energy Sudden Approxn. (in Calcns. On Reactive Scattering) |
| EDF | Environmental Defense Fund |
| NAPIM | National Association Of Printing Ink Manufacturers (US) |
| EPHMRA | European Pharmaceutical Market Research Association |
| NEVE | Nonempirical Valence Electron Method |
| ITEP | Institute For Theoretical And Experimental Physics |
| PARAFAC | Parallel Factor Analysis |