| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOSS | Book Of SEMI Standards |
| WERL | Water Engineering Research Laboratory |
| GAGP | Generalized Antisymmetrized Geminal Power (wave Function) |
| SSOP | Sequence Specific Oligonucleotide Probe |
| SRP | Soluble Reactive Phosphorus |
| GVBD | Germinal Vesicle Breakdown |
| GRRR | Graduated Response For Risk Reduction |
| LINE | Long Interspersed Element |
| BH | Barbanis Hamiltonian |
| CFM | Contamination-free Manufacturing |