| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACIL | American Council Of Independent Laboratories |
| HIFU | High-intensity Focused Ultrasound |
| HTST | High-temperature Short-time |
| THEES | Total Human Environmental Exposure Study |
| UHF | Unrestricted Hartree-Fock |
| CLOT | Carbon Layer Open Tubular (column) |
| TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
| IAVI | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
| PACVD | Plasma-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| HGF | Hermite Gaussian Function |