| Acronym | Meaning |
| GDC | Global Drifter Center (of WOCE Data System) |
| NASBA | Nucleic Acid Sequence-based Amplification |
| BHT | Brinell Hardness Test |
| ADMIS | Agfa Document Management Information System |
| PTSD | Post-traumatic Stress Disorder |
| FBA | Fluorescent Brightening Agent |
| LOGMO | Lowest Occupied Gaussian Molecular Orbital |
| LIPS | Lanthanide Ion Probe Spectroscopy |
| MINOS | Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search |
| NIEM | Noniterative Integral Equation Method |