| Acronym | Meaning |
| MQL | Minimum Quantifiable Limit |
| EQE | Equivalent Quantum Efficiency |
| MIPS | Munich Information Center For Protein Sequences |
| FAPS | Field-effect-addressable Potentiometric Sensor |
| FECO | Fringes Of Equal Chromatic Order |
| CCR | Close-coupling R-matrix |
| HFB | Hartree Fock Bogolyubov |
| CCM2 | Community Climate Model Version 2 |
| BRITE | Basic Research In Industrial Technologies For Europe |
| ERF | Electrorheological Fluid |