| Acronym | Meaning |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standard |
| CSCF | Complex Self-consistent Field |
| MOEMS | Micro-opto-electromechanical System |
| SHG | Second Harmonic Generation |
| DIDP | Diisodecyl Phthalate |
| DWPI | Derwent World Patents Index |
| PLAP | Pulsed-laser Atom Probe |
| EWMA | Exponentially Weighted Moving Average |
| BP | British Petroleum |
| PSES | Pretreatment Standards For Existing Sources |