| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOES | Actinometry Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| NIRA | Near Infrared Reflection Analysis |
| NLP | Nonlinear Programming |
| MERRF | Myoclonic Epilepsy Associated With Ragged-red Muscle Fibers |
| CSC | Client Server Computing |
| MIVIS | Multispectral IR And Visible Imaging Spectrometer |
| PMC | Percent Modern Carbon |
| GRIN | Graded Index |
| CESAR | Canadian Expedition To Study The Alpha Ridge |
| DHP | Diheptyl Phthalate |