| Acronym | Meaning |
| BIOSIS | BioSciences Information Service |
| DOPAC | 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid |
| OELD | Organic Electroluminescent Device |
| SDSD | Satellite Data Services Division |
| AHF | Approximate Hartree-Fock Method |
| CBD | Citrate-bicarbonate-dithionite (sample Treatment In Soil Analysis) |
| ECP | Exchange Core Polarization |
| OSPARCOM | Oslo And Paris Commission [Environmental Regulations For The European Community] |
| RUDAD | RUmen-Derived Anaerobic Digester |
| GOOS | Global Ocean Observing System (IOC) |