| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSC | Superconducting Super Collider |
| UHF-AA | Unrestricted Hartree-Fock (with Spin) Annihilation |
| LASP | Laboratory For Atmospheric And Space Physics |
| SVE | Selected Valence Electron Model |
| AMPTE | Active Magnetosphere Particle Tracer Explorers |
| QPMDA | Quasiparticle Mean Density Approxn. (assocd. With Local-d. Theory) |
| LCGTO-MCP-LS | Linear Combination Of Gaussian-type Orbitals-model Core Potential-local Spin Density |
| OPM | Open Path Monitors (air Pollution Sensors) |
| CIPM | Comite International Des Poids Et Mesures |
| ICSC | International Chemical Safety Card |