| Acronym | Meaning |
| MEP | Matrix Effective Potential (for Scattering Calcns.) |
| ICCVAM | US Interagency Coordination Committee On The Validation Of Alternative Methods |
| CPMP | Committee For Proprietary Medical Products |
| QMC | Quantum Monte-Carlo (theory For Many-electron Atoms And Mols.) |
| ENSDF | Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File |
| OPM | Open Path Monitors (air Pollution Sensors) |
| ETIC | Environmental Teratology Information Center |
| FEWS | Fiber-optic Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy |
| SNARE | Soluble NSF Attachment Protein Receptor |
| LTH | Linearized Time-dependent Hartree (approxn. |