| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMB | Information Management Branch |
| CUTLASS | Co-operative UK Twin-Located Auroral Sounding System |
| UIC | Underground Injection Control |
| MMVF | Man Made Vitreous Fibers |
| HWDMS | Hazardous Waste Data Management System |
| DEGM | Degenerate Electron Gas Model |
| ODLTS | Optical Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy |
| RPWBA | Relativistic Plane-wave Born Approximation |
| COASTS | Coastal Ocean Advanced Science And Technology Study (IOC Program) |
| VPAM | Variable Phase Amplitude Method (for Electron-atom Scattering) |