| Acronym | Meaning |
| IBIL | Ion Beam Induced Luminescence |
| VESCF | Variable Electronegativity Self-consistent Field |
| MGS/TES | Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer |
| GEOS | Goddard Earth Observing System |
| AQCC | Averaged Quadratic Coupled-cluster |
| RCM | Ring-closing Metathesis |
| GPRS | General Packet Radio Service |
| ECS | Electro-Chemical Society |
| APEG | Alkaline Polyethylene Glycolate |
| ASCII | American Standard Code For Information Interchange |