| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRS | Interferon-responsive Sequence |
| VSWIR | Very Short Wavelength IR |
| ISA | Instrument Society Of America |
| SCC | Semiclassical Coupled-channel |
| OEL | Occupational Exposure Limit |
| CTBT | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty |
| CEPA | Correlated Electron Pair Approxn. |
| FESEM | Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| TMP | Thermomechanical Pulping |
| RTDF | Remediation Technologies Development Forum |