| Acronym | Meaning |
| LMC | Large Magellanic Cloud |
| FOLIBS | Fiber Optic Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy |
| SDIO | Strategic Defense Initiative Organization |
| ASED | Atom Superposition-electron Delocalization |
| HACS | Hazard Assessment Computer System |
| ELFFS | Excimer Laser Fragmentation-fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| LHSF | Local Hyperspherical Surface Functions (in Quantum Calcns. On Reactive Scattering) |
| EPEN | Empirical Potential (based On Interaction Of) Electrons (and) Nuclei |
| KPLS | Kernel Partial Least Squares |
| PIPLC | Phosphatidylinositol Phospholipase C |