| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMC | American Mining Congress |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration |
| ISRO | Indian Space Research Organization |
| PDT | Product Development Team |
| EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute |
| PACE | Precipitation Augmentation For Crops Experiment |
| ACV | At-completion Variance |
| NOSIE | NODC Ocean Science Information Exchange |
| M-ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| CAS | Chemical Abstract Service |