| Acronym | Meaning |
| PILA | Publishers International Linking Association |
| SBR | Sequential Batch Reactor |
| MED | Mean Effective Dose |
| GMC | Giant Molecular Cloud |
| STIB | Stratosphere-Troposphere Interactions And The Biosphere |
| NITFS | National Imagery Transmission Format Standard |
| CIDS | Circular Intensity Differential Scattering |
| SAGE II | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Expt. II |
| ESAP | Environmental Self-assessment Program |
| FPLS | Field-programmable Logic Switch |