| Acronym | Meaning |
| STARS | Strategic Targeting Activities Reporting System |
| SSSD | Small-scale, Short-duration |
| ECPSSR | Energy-loss Coulomb-repulsion Perturbed-stationary-state Relativistic Theory |
| NVM | Non-volatile Memory |
| AISIT | Automatic Intelligent Sampler For Inorganic Trace Constituents |
| AOC | Administrative Order Of Consent |
| CCD | Chemical Composition Distribution [of Polymers] |
| PCCS | Phase-corrected Coupled-states (approxn. For Scattering Calcns.) |
| MRA | Multiple Regression Analysis |
| OSTLS | Optical Saturation Thermal Lens Spectrometry |