| Acronym | Meaning |
| EOSP | Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter |
| ISHM | International Society For Hybrid Microelectronics |
| PMR | Proportional Mortality Ratio |
| DOVAM-S | Detection Of Virtually All Mutations-SSCP |
| LAO | London Atomic Orbital |
| ESF | Electrostatic Force (theory For Mol. Calcns.) |
| ZRL | Zero Risk Level |
| DEP | Diethyl Phthalate |
| BTEM | Band Target Entropy Minimization |
| SCA | Specific Collection Areas |