| Acronym | Meaning |
| SVC | Saturated Vapor Concentration (air Sampling) |
| PE | Performance Evaluation |
| ISV | In Situ Vitrification |
| CCC | Calibration Check Compounds |
| VCB-CPA | Virtual Crystal Bandwidth-coherent Potential Approxn. (for Electronic-structure Calcns. On Alloys) |
| IAETL | International Association Of Environmental Testing Laboratories |
| IND | Investigational New Drug |
| UARS | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite |
| PAPS | Phase-alternated Pulse Sequence |
| GATE | GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment |