| Acronym | Meaning |
| NARE | North Atlantic Regional Experiment |
| RTD | Resonant Tunneling Diode |
| MSGC | Microstrip Gas Chamber |
| HDC | Histidine Decarboxylase |
| NDIR | Nondispersive Infrared Analysis |
| CMC | Coupled Multiconfiguration |
| MDS | Metastable Deexcitation Spectroscopy |
| SIRM | Scanning Infrared Microscope |
| ISI | Information Systems Inventory |
| DETA | Dielectric Thermal Analysis |