| Acronym | Meaning |
| PMDL | Practical Method Detection Limit |
| GAMOT | Global Acoustic Mapping Of Ocean Climate |
| CFC | Corrosion-fatigue Cracking |
| BCPB | Bromochlorophenol Bluepar |
| PLAD | Pulsed Laser Ablation Deposition |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| SSFDC | Solid-state Floppy-disk Card (SmartMedia) |
| LPE | Liquid-phase Epitaxy |
| HOPC | High Osmotic Pressure Chromatography |
| HFS | Hyperfine Structure |