| Name | Definition |
| AMPS | A Megawatt Proton Source |
| DUSLA | Dual Use SuperConducting Linear Accelerator |
| ENRICO | - |
| EPIC | Electron-Proton Intense beam linaC |
| EPL | ep Linac |
| EPL&IB | ep Linac & Intense Beams |
| epLC | e + p for ILC |
| EPSL | ep Superconducting Linac |
| EPSLA | ep superconducting Linear Accelerator |
| EVA | Electron-proton Variable Accelerator |
| FEPL | Fermi ep Linac |
| FEPL&IB | Fermilab ep Linac & Intense Beams |
| FHILAC | Fermilab High Intensity LinAC |
| HIEPSL | High Intensity ep Superconducting Linac |
| HILAC | High Intensity LinAC |
| HILRI | High Intensity Linac Research Installation |
| HIP or HIPP | High Intensity Proton beam Project |
| HIPS | High Intensity Proton Source |
| HISEPL | High Intensity Superconducting ep Linac |
| HISL | High Intensity Superconducting Linac |
| HISTAC | High Intensity Superconducting Technology ACcelerator |
| HISTAR | High Intensity Superconducting Technology Accelerator Research |
| IBEPL | Intense Beam ep Linac |
| IBEX | Intense Beam Electron-Proton X-celerator |
| IBIS | Intense Beam InStallation (Thoth Egyptian god of knowledge) |
| IRIS | messenger to the gods, not an acronym |
Linac+Recycler@8GeV
or Project X:LR8 | pronounced to sound like "project accelerate" |
| LIBERTY | Linear Intense Beam research faciliTY |
| LIBRA | Linear Intense Beam Research Accelerator |
| LINCOLN | Linac for Intense Neutrino-beams and Cracking Of Lepton
Number-conservation
(inspired by Thomas Jefferson National Lab)
|
| LIPS | Linear Intense Proton Source |
| Megascape | Megawatt SuperConducting Acceleration of Protons and Electrons
(magic lantern, used for throwing a magnified image of an opaque
object on a screen) |
| Megascope | Megawatt SuperConducting acceleration Of Protons and Electrons |
| MUSCL | Multiple Use SuperConducting Linac |
POSEIDON
(logo) |
Proton Observatory for the Strange and Exotic and the Intense
Delivery Of Neutrinos
(Greek God: ruler of the seas) |
| SCENE | SuperConducting Engine for New Experiments |
| SEPLA | Superconducting ep Linear Accelerator |
| SHIPS | Super(conducting) High Intensity Proton Source |
| SNuFL | Superconducting Neutrino and Flavor Linac |
| V.I.P. | Very Intense Proton beam) project |
| VISTA | Very Intense Superconduciting Test Accelerator |
| XNEU | pronounced either as S-new or X-new |
