| Acronym | Meaning |
| BKCM | Burkhardt-Konya-Coulson-March (for Electron Momentum Densities) |
| OVOC | Other Volatile Organic Compound |
| IF DRM | Inversion-free Direct Recursion Method (for Surface Electronic Structure) |
| NFOM | Near-field Optical Microscopy |
| BFU-E | Burst-forming Unit-erythroid |
| ZINDO | Zerner's Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| RMC | Relativistic Multiconfiguration |
| AEMA | Auger Electron Microanalysis |
| PAES | Positron-induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| LEL | Lowest Effect Level |