| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCM | Multichip Modules |
| AERO | Association For Excellence In Reactor Operations |
| MPIF | Metal Powder Industries Federation |
| CNDO | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| NTEF | Near Total External Fluorescence |
| SETB | Semiempirical Tight Binding |
| ICLS | Intracavity Laser Spectroscopy |
| NRMA | Nonresonant Microwave Absorption |
| FELIX | Free Electron Laser For Infrared Experiments |
| BODIPY | Dipyrrometheneboron Difluoride |