| Acronym | Meaning |
| SDQ-MBPT | Single (and) Double (and) Quadruple (substituted States) Many-body Perturbation Theory |
| TLM | Transmission Line Method |
| HAISP | High Altitude Interactive Science Platform |
| ELOG | Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth |
| BDT | Brueckner (with) Double (and) Triple (substitutions) |
| BP | British Petroleum |
| EKF | Extended Kalman Filter |
| DS | Dry Solids |
| CDMS | Cryogenic Dark Matter Search |
| SCEM | Semiclassical Self-consistent Eikonal Method |