| Acronym | Meaning |
| LDD | Lightly Doped Drain |
| CGA | Chromogranin A |
| MICSPOMS | Metal Island Coated Swelling Polymer Over Mirror System |
| CFSO | Crystal Field Surface Orbital |
| NWSIA | National Water Supply Improvement Association |
| CBED | Convergent-beam Electron Diffraction |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| COBE | Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA) |
| EXPASY | Expert Protein Analysis System |
| HFDA | Hexafluoroisopropylidene-2 |