| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASCEND | Advanced System For Computations In Engineering Design |
| IIA | Information Industry Association |
| SSER | Spinless Salpeter Equation (with) Retardation |
| AMPA | Alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid |
| SFA | Segmented Flow Analysis |
| FIRST | Far Infrared And Submillimetre Space Telescope |
| FAOS | Fluorescent Activated Organelle Sorting |
| MAP2 | Microtubule-associated Protein 2 |
| EMAP | Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA) |
| EARISS | Energy And Angle Resolved Ion Scattering Spectroscopy |