| Acronym | Meaning |
| SOLVE | SAGE III Ozone Loss And Validation Experiment |
| CONTOUR | Comet Nucleus Tour |
| IEL | Independent Electron (model In Ion-impact Ionization Calcns.) |
| MCEB-NEV | Multiconfigurational Energy Bound-natural Eigenvalue Method |
| AODC | Australian Oceanographic Data Center |
| FIP | First Ionization Potential |
| SCA | Standing Committee Of Analysts [probably Of EC] |
| MECI | Monoexcited Configuration Interaction |
| CMR-CI | Contracted Multireference Configuration Interaction |
| ISTEA | Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act |