| Acronym | Meaning |
| GDS | Glow Discharge Spectrometer |
| WANO | World Association Of Nuclear Operators |
| PTWI | Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake |
| QPEN | Quantum-mech. Potential (based On Interactios Of) Electrons (and) Nuclei |
| CCMSD | Computational Center For Molecular Structure And Design |
| TARP | Technical Assistance Response Program |
| CIBS | Corrections To An Incomplete Basis Set (a Perturbation Theory) |
| TRFIA | Time-resolved Fluorescence Immunoassay |
| ADAPTS | Air Deliverable Antipollution Transfer System |
| GPIB | General Purpose Interface Bus |