| Acronym | Meaning |
| NBD | Nucleotide Binding Domain |
| SOD | Sediment Oxygen Demand |
| ROM | Read Only Memory |
| OTA | Office Of Technology Assessment |
| IGBT | Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor |
| SEAWIFS | Sea Viewing Wide Field Of View Sensor |
| HTPB | Hydroxy-terminated Polybutadiene |
| EAG | Exposure Assessment Group |
| MCLED | Microcavity Light-emitting Diode |
| AMIE | Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment |