| Acronym | Meaning |
| DQSK | Drawing Quality Special Killed |
| HSI | Hyperthermal Surface Ionization |
| HGMIS | Human Genome Management Information System |
| SAIC | Science Applications International Corporation |
| IUCR | International Union Of Crystallography |
| CSERGE | Center For Social And Economic Research Into The Global Environment |
| ITS | Inelastic Tunnelling Spectroscopy |
| SRAM | Static Random Access Memory |
| LOMO | Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital |
| SDD | Silicon Drift Detector |