| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPE | Coulomb Wave-plane Wave (description With) Effective Screening |
| HDP | High-density Plasma |
| SPCE | Surface Plasmon-coupled Emission |
| HPSEC | High Performance Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| CDA | Cosmic Dust Analyzer |
| PCD | Programmed Cell Death |
| CASS | Computer Assisted Stratification And Sampling |
| AES | Auger Emission Spectroscopy |
| BCT | Best Conventional Technology |
| CHESS | Community Health And Environmental Surveillance System |