| Acronym | Meaning |
| ERF | Electrorheological Fluid |
| SS | Stainless Steel |
| CD ROM | Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
| VCSEL | Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser |
| PIC | Public Information Center |
| ARIES | Advanced Reactor Innovation And Evaluation Studies |
| WECC | Western European Calibration Cooperation |
| SSCPA | Single-site Coherent-potential Approximation |
| RTCDW | Relativistic Target Continuum Distorted Wave (approxn. For Electron Capture In Ion-atom Collisions) |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |