| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSSE | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
| HRMS | High Resolution Microwave Survey |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| ACQM | Arrangement-channel Quantum Mechanics |
| APFO | Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate |
| 3SR | Self-sustained Sequence Replication |
| RT-PCR | Reverse Transcription-polymerase Chain Reaction |
| CAROL | Centralized Air Emissions Repository On-Line |
| ISEC | Inverse Steric Exclusion Chromatography |
| CEGB | Central Electricity Generating Board |