| Acronym | Meaning |
| HOSE | Harmonic Oscillator Stabilization Energy |
| LISA | Library And Information Science Abstracts |
| PERC | Passivated Emitter And Rear Cell (solar Cells) |
| UHF | Ultra-high Frequency |
| ESEM | Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| ODCPA | Off-diagonal (disorder) Coherent-potential Approxn. |
| OBDD | Ordered Bicontinuous Double-diamond |
| STS | Scanning Tunnelling Spectroscopy |
| GWD | Gaussian Wave Packet Dynamics |
| FRS | Fragment Separatorpar |