| Acronym | Meaning |
| AESOP | Automated Electronic System For Ocean Pollution |
| CLOD | Concn. Limit Of Detection |
| SSFDC | Solid-state Floppy-disk Card (SmartMedia) |
| GDE | General Dynamic Equation |
| ERK | Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase |
| LCOPW | Linear Combination Of Orthogonalized Plane Waves |
| BICMOS | Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| ACT | Activated Complex Theory |
| IPS | Inverse Photoemission Spectroscopy |
| NCEP | National Centers For Environmental Prediction |