| Acronym | Meaning |
| IEHT | Iterative Extended Hueckel Theory |
| FIM | Field-Ion Microscopy |
| SCPW | Symmetrized Combination Of Plane Waves |
| MBMS | Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry |
| MDS | Matrix-diagonalization Sudden Approximation (for Atom Surface Scattering Calcns.) |
| TIMI | Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction |
| TCA | Trichloroacetic Acid |
| VCDW | Vector Charge-density Wave |
| SBA | Slurry Blasting Agents |
| HWCVD | Hot Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition |