| Acronym | Meaning |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| EQPAC | Equatorial Pacific Study |
| REMPI | Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization (for Mass Spectrometry) |
| MCM | Multiconfigurational (variation Of) Moments (for Mo Correlation Diagrams Calcn.) |
| GTE | Global Tropospheric Experiment |
| IDMS | Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry |
| DMU | WOCE Data Management Unit (USA) (now Part Of DIU) |
| FETAX | Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus |
| DESPOT | Driven-equilibrium Single-pulse Observation Of T1 |
| TEAM | Testing Electromagnetic Analysis Methods |