| Acronym | Meaning |
| QRA | Quantitative Risk Assessment |
| WASP | Workplace Analysis Scheme For Proficiency |
| NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board |
| SLEEP | Scanning Low Energy Electron Probe |
| TBTE | Tight-binding Total-energy (calcn. Method) |
| CSEPP | Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Plan |
| CDSI | Committee On The Dissemination Of Scientific Information |
| BIV | Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus |
| CEDAR | Coupling, Energetics, And Dynamics Of Atm. Regions [project] |
| LASIK | Laser-assisted In Situ Keratomileusis |