| Acronym | Meaning |
| FI | Fouling Index |
| OEIC | Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit |
| ILZRO | International Lead Zinc Research Organization |
| ZTA | Zirconia-toughened Alumina |
| TARC | Tiered Area Response Capability |
| AUDM | Advanced Unified Defect Model |
| TDFM | Two-surface Dirac-Frenkel-Mclachlan (variational Method) |
| HWS | Hazardous Waste Site |
| SHOA | Second-harmonic Optical Activity |
| REOS | Remote Electro-Optical Sensor |