| Acronym | Meaning |
| TEOS | Tetraethyl Orthosilicate |
| ISCST | Industrial Source Complex Short Term Model (US EPA) |
| EFPD | Effective Full Power Day |
| MOLED | Molecular Organic Light Emitting Diode |
| SMMO | Strictly Monomer Molecular Orbital |
| AIPM | Analytic Independent-particle Model (in Electron-scattering) |
| MCVD | Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| SCRP | Specific Chelation |
| NIST | National Institute Of Standards And Technology (formerly NBS) |
| ISGO | International Structural Genomics Organization |