| Acronym | Meaning |
| OMZ | Oxygen Min. Zone |
| AFIS | Advanced Fiber Information System |
| EBL | Extragalactic Background Light |
| EROS | Earth Resources Observation Satellite |
| PSC | Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic) |
| RPE | Retinal Pigment Epithelium |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| CPHSDM | Constant Pattern Homogeneous Surface Diffusion Model |
| FINS | Forensically Informative Nucleotide Sequencing |
| CCPD | Charge-coupled Photodiode Device |