| Term | Definition / Meaning / Stand for |
| ABM |
Association for the Advancement of Materials and Manufacturing Technologies |
| ACR |
Alloy Composition Ratio |
| ADM |
Advanced Material Development |
| AE |
Acoustic Emission |
| AES |
Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| AFL |
Anti-Friction Layer |
| AFM |
Atomic Force Microscopy |
| AGC |
Automated Grinding and Cutting |
| AGM |
Active Grain Management |
| AIC |
Alloy Inclusions Content |
| AIC |
Anodizing Induction Current |
| AIS |
Alloys Identification System |
| ALD |
Atomic Layer Deposition |
| AM |
Additive Manufacturing |
| ANSYS |
A Computational Fluid Dynamics and Engineering Simulation Software |
| API |
American Petroleum Institute |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| ASR |
Alkali-Silica Reaction |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ATF |
Advanced Technology Fuel |
| BAM |
Bonded Assembly Materials |
| BAM |
British Association of Materials |
| BCF |
Bulk Crystal Growth Factor |
| BGA |
Ball Grid Array |
| BIM |
Building Information Modeling |
| BIPV |
Building-Integrated Photovoltaics |
| BMD |
Bulk Material Design |
| BME |
Biomechanics Engineering |
| BOM |
Bill of Materials |
| BPI |
Biopolymer Institute |
| BRM |
Bulk Region Method |
| BRR |
Bulk Response Rate |
| BSC |
Bioceramic Substrates |
| BSC |
Biological Surface Coatings |
| BSE |
Backscatter Electron |
| BSL |
Biochemical Safety Level |
| BVP |
Boundary Value Problem |
| CAO |
Calcium Oxide |
| CCC |
Controlled Crystal Composition |
| CCT |
Continuous Casting Technology |
| CIT |
Ceramic Intermetallic Technology |
| CME |
Cryogenic Materials Engineering |
| CME |
Crystal Mismatch Engineering |
| CMOS |
Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor |
| CNT |
Carbon Nanotube |
| CPS |
Composite Polymer System |
| CRS |
Crystalline Silicon |
| CSM |
Composite Systems Modeling |
| CSP |
Chemical Synthesis Process |
| CSP |
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic |
| CTE |
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion |
| CVD |
Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| Cu |
Copper |
| DAG |
Directed Assembly Graph |
| DFA |
Design for Assembly |
| DFM |
Design for Manufacturability |
| DFT |
Density Functional Theory |
| DHS |
Deformation Hardening Study |
| DIC |
Digital Image Correlation |
| DMA |
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis |
| DOE |
Design of Experiments |
| DPF |
Dielectric Polymer Film |
| DPI |
Dynamic Phase Imaging |
| DPS |
Defect Propagation Studies |
| DQS |
Dielectric Quality Score |
| DRX |
Diffraction Residual X-ray |
| DSC |
Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| DSI |
Dual Sensing Instrumentation |
| DTA |
Dual-Thermal Analysis |
| DTA |
Differential Thermal Analysis |