| Acronym | Meaning |
| IBS | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| DESY | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron |
| SIA | Stepwise Isothermal Analysis |
| CRSS | Critical Resolved Shear Stress |
| CPE | Cloud Point Extraction |
| PLCC | Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier |
| ETANN | Electronically Trainable Analog Neural Network |
| DOMES | Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study |
| QDIP | Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetector |
| MIRO | Mineral Industry Research Organization (UK) |