| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCE | Short Channel Effect |
| UTL | Upper Tolerance Limit |
| MRS | Materials Research Society |
| CQED | Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics |
| DBPR | Microbiological And Disinfection Byproducts Regulations |
| BSHC | Break Specific Unburned Hydrocarbons |
| TBARS | Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances |
| NCP | Net Community Productivity |
| DASH | Dynamic Allele-specific Hybridization |
| ALS | Acid Labile Subunit |