| Acronym | Meaning |
| PERT | Program Evaluation And Review Technique |
| SBE | Starch Branching Enzyme |
| ORD BBS | ORD Electronic Bulletin Board System |
| ALI | Acute Lung Injury |
| GSAC | Generalized Symmetry Adapted Cluster (theory) |
| VALE | Vacuum Atomic Layer Epitaxy |
| POCT | Point-of-care Testing |
| HFD-B | Hartree-Fock Dispersion-b (potential |
| TSP | Total Suspended Particles |
| RADM | Regional Acid Deposition Model |