| Acronym | Meaning |
| URG | Umweltrahmengesetz (German Environmental Protection Framework Law) |
| LEIS | Low-Energy Ion Scattering Spectroscopy |
| FRDS | Federal Reporting Data System |
| YAC | Yeast Artificial Chromosome |
| FEED | Field Emission Energy Distribution |
| EDMR | Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance |
| SAS | Statistical Anal. System |
| HITRAN | High-Resolution Transmission Molecular Absorption Database |
| BATSE | Burst And Transient Source Experiment |
| MS | Molecular Spinor |