| Acronym | Meaning |
| PBMS | Performance-based Measuring System |
| CBDE | Chemical And Biological Defence Establishment |
| FLAPW | Full-potential Linearized Augmented Plane Wave |
| TAP | Toxic Air Pollutant |
| SLEEM | Scanning Laser-enhanced Electrochemical Microscopy |
| MIDAS | Microimaging Dust Analysis System |
| MP4(DQ) | Moeller-Plesset Perturbation Treatment To Fourth Order In The Space Of Double And Quadruple Substitutions |
| TTL | Transistor-transistor Logic |
| EFLE | Enhanced-fluidity Liquid Extraction |
| CGR | Crack Growth Rate |