| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOSS | Boron Out-diffused Surface Strap |
| DTPMP | Diethylenetriaminopenta(methylenephosphonic Acid) |
| SAC | Self-Aligned Contact |
| DIB | Dibutyl Chlorendate |
| CSIR | Council For Scientific And Industrial Research (South Africa) |
| COGS | Computer Oriented Geological Society |
| HMRCI | Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute |
| LCAO CO | Linear Combination Of Atomic Orbitals Crystal Orbital |
| SIOS | Semiclassical Infinite-order Sudden (in Rotationally-inelastic Scattering Calcns.) |
| NPC | Niemann-Pick Type C Disease |