| Acronym | Meaning |
| CONFU | Conference On Fair Use |
| WSIA | Water Supply Improvement Association |
| ARMI | Analytical Reference Materials International |
| ADWIOS | Adiabatic Distorted Wave Infinite Order Sudden |
| DMU | WOCE Data Management Unit (USA) (now Part Of DIU) |
| MDC | Maxwell Displacement Current |
| MOSS | Multilayer Optical Scanning Spectrometer |
| BODC | British Oceanographic Data Center |
| IGC | Intergranular Corrosion |
| HIPCO | High-pressure Carbon Monoxide |