| Acronym | Meaning |
| BDT | Best Demonstrated Technology |
| EMIT | Enzyme-multiplied Immunoassay Technique |
| TON | Threshold Odor Numbers |
| CRC | Cooperative Research Council (automotive) |
| GASP | Gamma Astronomy At The South Pole |
| ECDIN | Environmental Chemicals Data And Information Network |
| MDC | Macrophage Derived Chemokine |
| KBDS | Knowledge-based Design System |
| SXRFMA | Synchrotron X-ray-fluorescence Microanalysis |
| LHS | Latin Hypercubic Sampling |