| Acronym | Meaning |
| NTTAA | National Technology Transfer And Advancement Act |
| DSID | Direct Sample Insertion Device |
| OSC | On Site Coordinator |
| ESPT | Excited-state Proton Transfer |
| SCAMPI | Statistical Classification Of Activities Of Molecules For Pharmacophore Identification |
| MMSV | Morse-Morse-Spline-van Der Waals (potential Function) |
| SLS | Strained Layer Superlattice |
| CAPCOA | California Air Pollution Control Officers Association |
| TSMG | Top-seeded Melt Growth |
| BPNN | Back Propagation Neural Network |