| Acronym | Meaning |
| RITE | Research Institute Of Innovative Technology For The Earth (Japan) |
| PIF | Photochemically-induced Fluorescence |
| FGEF | Federal Geographic Encoding Format |
| QEEC | Quasimol. Extended Elementary Cell (for Electronic Structure Calcns. Of Crystals) |
| GDP | Glow Discharge Plasma (for Atomic Emission Spectrometry) |
| CAE | Capillary Array Electrophoresis |
| VMS | Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide |
| VSV | Vesicular Stomatitis Virus |
| EDB | Ethylene Dibromide |
| STR | Short Tandem Repeat |