| Acronym | Meaning |
| INPI | The French National Institute Of Industrial Property |
| LOPAC | Library Of Pharmacologically Active Compounds |
| BIS | Bremsstrahlung Isochromat Spectroscopy |
| OVFF | Orbital Valence Force Field |
| CBOX | Coulomb-Born With No Exchange |
| CASSS | California Separation Science Society |
| EGAMS | Evolved Gas Analysis Mass Spectroscopy |
| PINA | Paraffins |
| FEEM | Field Electron Emission Microscopy |
| CSD | Cortical Spreading Depression |