| Acronym | Meaning |
| MUSLE | Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model) |
| EDL | Electroless Discharge Lamp |
| DTRA | Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
| AOTS | Acoustic Optic Tunable Scanning |
| RCSB | Research Collaboratory For Structural Bioinformatics |
| HGNC | HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee |
| MSW-X(ALPHA) | Multiple Scattered Wave-SCF-x(alpha) |
| CCV | Continuing Calibration Verification |
| FAST | Fast Atom Sample Tester |
| TVD | Total Variation Diminishing |