| Acronym | Meaning |
| GIS | Gas Insulated Switchgear |
| WIMP | Weakly Interacting Massive Particles |
| CRGT | Chemically Recuperated Gas Turbine |
| LAOS | Light Amplifying Optical Switch |
| ILDA | Intensified Linear Diode Array |
| MMC | Metal-Matrix Composite |
| MODY | Maturity Onset Diabetes Of The Young |
| CCFL | Countercurrent Flow Limitation |
| TDD | Telecommunications Device For The Deaf |
| STT | Surface Tension Transfer |