| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICL | Interface Control Layer |
| DESY | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron |
| ASIP | Aircraft Structural Integrity Program |
| SOS | Surfaces Of Section Method (semiclassical Calcn. Of Eigenvalues) |
| QSEX | Quadrature Selective Excitation |
| LII | Liquid Injection Incinerator |
| ZIP | Zinc Impurity Photodetector |
| VCE | Vapor Cloud Explosion |
| RITZ | Regulatory And Investigative Treatment Zone |
| REMS | Reflection Mass Spectrometry |