| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMS | Intelligent Manufacturing Systems |
| COHMAP | Cooperative Holocene Mapping Project |
| SCEP | Self-consistent Electron-pair Theory |
| CERN | Conseil Europeen Pour La Recherche Nucleaire |
| AQL | Acceptable Quality Levels |
| CEN | Comite Europeen De Normalization |
| SRP | Signal Recognition Particle |
| ERD | Electron Recoil Detection |
| GDOES | Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry |
| CCWP | Close-coupling Wave-packet (for Mol. Scattering) |