| Acronym | Meaning |
| CIOSC | Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee |
| ATE | Automatic Test Equipment |
| NES | US National Eutrophication Study |
| GLWQB | Great Lakes Water Quality Board |
| LEEPS | Low Energy Electron Point Source |
| LAD | Left Anterior Descending |
| BART | Biological Activity Reaction Test |
| DLTFS | Deep Level Transient Fourier Spectroscopy |
| LPED | Low-pressure Electric Discharge |
| SARM | Synthetic Analytical Reference Matrix (US EPA) |