| Acronym | Meaning |
| YAG | Yttrium Aluminum Garnet |
| PEXAFS | Photoemission Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure |
| CPSS | Coulomb-repulsion Perturbed Stationary State |
| CAMP | Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate |
| HOFF | Hybrid Orbital Force Field |
| SURF III | Synchrotron UV Radiation Facility (at NIST) |
| GLIMMER | Gene Locator And Interpolated Markov Modeler |
| XPM | Cross-phase Modulation |
| MORASS | Multiple Overhauser Relaxation AnalysiS And Simulation |
| IMSD | Information Management And Services Division |