| UVM | University of Vermont Burlington, [VM], http://www.uvm.edu |
| TS | Transition State |
| ZTS | Z-Transition State |
| N. Y. S. | New York State US-Bundesstaat |
| EOS | Equation Of State |
| ZWS | Zero Wait State |
| TSL | Tri-State Logic |
| GSE | Ground-State Energy |
| RIS | Rotational Isomeric State |
| RSB | Reservation State Block |
| FSU | Florida State University |
| MIGS | Metal-Induced Gap State |
| RES | Relaxed Excited State |
| PSU | Pennsylvania State University http://www.psu.edu |
| LSA | Link State Algorithm |
| LSP | Link State Packet/PDU |
| LSU | Louisiana State University |
| PSB | Path State Block |
| MSU | Michigan State University |
| FSM | Finite State Machine |
| FSA | Finite State Automaton |
| USF | Uplink State Flag |
| TST | Transition State Theory |
| TSS | Task State Segment |
| CFS | Constant Final State |
| STD | State Transition Diagram |
| SSD | Solid State Disk |
| ESS | Equilibrium Solvation State |
| CSD | Charge State Distribution |
| CSF | Configuration State Function |
| RISM | Rotational Isomeric State Model |
| PK | Peng-Robinson [equation of state] |
| PTSE | PNNI Topology State Element |
| TCSB | Traffic Control State Block |
| SSPS | Solid State Protection System |
| OLSR | Optimized Link State Routing |
| DSPT | Dressed State Perturbation Theory |
| CPS | St. Louis Bi-State Parks Airport USA, Missouri [Internationaler Airport Code] |
| CFSS | Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy |
| BSB | Blockate State Block [engl.] |
| bgsu | Bowling Green State University |
| LAG | least-action ground state approximation |
| MD | Maryland [US state postal designation] |
| ASM | Abstract State Machine [engl.] |
| BSM | Bracket State Manager [engl.] |
| ACDS | Accept Data State [engl.] Zustand einer Datensenke |
| TSSDC | Task State Segment Descriptor Cache |
| TSQ | Triple State Quadrupole mass spectrometry |
| ISSCC | International Solid State Circuits Conference Toronto, http://www.isscc.org |
| APRS | Affirmative Poll Response State [engl.] Zustand der Ruffunktion [nach IEC 625] |