| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPIES | Surface Penning Ionization Electron Spectroscopy |
| LOGS | Laser Optogalvanic Spectrometry |
| DMU | WOCE Data Management Unit (USA) (now Part Of DIU) |
| ETF | Exponential-type Function (an Ao) |
| DDBJ | DNA Data Bank Of Japan |
| ALS | Autonomous Listening Station |
| RPDWR | Revised Primary Drinking Water Regulations |
| MPCA | Multiway Principal Component Analysis |
| BTX | Benzene, Toluene, And Xylene |
| ESMSV | Exponential-spline Morse-spline Van Der Waals (interat.potential) |