| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSRI | Mass Spectroscopy Of Recoiled Ions |
| NTI | National Toxics Inventory |
| TANGO | Testing For Adjacent Nuclei With A Gyration Operator |
| DCRF | Die Casting Research Foundation |
| FORS | Fully Optimized Reaction Space |
| SPDT | Single-pole Double-throw (switch) |
| RAPW | Relativistic Augmented Plane Wave |
| ESSESA | Expert System For Structure Elucidation From Spectral Analysis |
| LCP | Local Complex Potential (in Electron-atom Scattering) |
| IHP | Inositol Hexaphosphate |