| Acronym | Meaning |
| TALEST | Tandem Arrayed Ligation Of Expressed Sequence Tags |
| DSIMS | Dynamic Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry |
| DHS | Department Of Health Services |
| NASO | Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System |
| TPCF | Two-point Correlation Function |
| FAES | Flame Atomic Emission Spectroscopy |
| IRGA | Infrared Gas Analyzer |
| HACS | Hazard Assessment Computer System |
| PEDS | Plasma-enhanced Deposition System |
| ETBM | Empirical Tight-binding Method (in Electronic Structure Calcn.) |