| Acronym | Meaning |
| BBO | Beta-barium Borate |
| AABW | Antarctic Bottom Water |
| TOA | Thermooptical Analysis |
| HOCO | Highest Occupied Crystal Orbital |
| NBS | Nuclear Backscattering Spectroscopy |
| ASCREV | Anodic Stripping Continuous Recall Enhancement Voltammetry |
| DWX | Distorted-wave Approxn. With Exchange |
| PEL | Permissible Exposure Limit |
| CASE | Computer Aided Software Engineering |
| AIIM | Association For Information And Image Management |