| Acronym | Meaning |
| WORM | Write Once Read Many |
| SLM | Supported Liquid Membranes |
| CP-LSDA | Car-Parrinello Local Spin Density Functional |
| CHI | Coaxial Helicity Injection |
| TRIM | Total Risk Integrated Methodology |
| RTT | Resonant Tunneling Transistor |
| CSRR | Coupled-state Rigid-rotor |
| LNRS | Laser Nonresonant Shadowgraphy |
| AATSR | Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer |
| FOCAL | Francais Ocean Et Climat Dans L'Atlantique Equatorial |