| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAXI | Monitor Of All-sky X-ray Image |
| AIPA | American Inventors Protection Act |
| RSPT | Rayleigh-Schroedinger Perturbation Theory |
| OSCAR | Oxidn. And Scavenging Characteristics Of April Rains |
| RHT | Restricted Hueckel Method |
| CNDO/2-FA | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap First Approxn. |
| OEMO | One Electron Molecular Orbital |
| BBXRT | Broad Band X-Ray Telescope |
| PFU | Plaque-forming Units |
| SOMO | Semioccupied Molecular Orbital |