| Acronym | Meaning |
| HMTUSA | Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act |
| PAMSA | PCR Amplification Of Multiple Specific Alleles |
| ALMA | Atacama Large Millimeter Array |
| JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| LEPC | Local Emergency Planning Committee |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| PCN | Polychlorinated Naphthalene |
| SCCF | Spin-correlated Crystal Field |
| HWDMS | Hazardous Waste Data Management System |
| VO | Virtual Orbital |