| Acronym | Meaning |
| IGT | Insulated-gate Transistor |
| SERDS | Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy |
| MIP | Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry |
| IAVI | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
| ASW | Augmented Spherical Wave |
| BLDSC | British Library Document Supply Centre |
| NAPCA | National Air Pollution Control Administration |
| GLF | Generalized Laguerre Function |
| BIND | Biomolecular Interaction Network Database |
| CWTM | Compound Weaire-Thorpe Model (in Electronic-structure Calcns.) |