| Acronym | Meaning |
| EC | European Community |
| GEMS | Global Environmental Monitoring Systems |
| PDS | Piecewise Direct Standardization |
| LOGD | Limit Of Guaranteed Detection |
| RAINS | Regional Acidification Information And Simulation |
| TSSMS | Time Sharing Service Management System |
| CREME | Cosmic Ray Effects On Micro-Electronics |
| HQM | Hemiquantal Mechanics (in Mol. Calcns.) |
| MARCKS | Myristoylated Alanine-rich C Kinase Substrate |
| EEPLD | Electrically Erasable Programmable Logic Device |