| Acronym | Meaning |
| BIXS | Beta-ray Induced X-ray Spectrometry |
| LOIS | Loss Of Interim Status |
| E2PROM | Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| BVDV | Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus |
| IGOSS | Integrated Global Ocean Services System |
| BBXRT | Broad Band X-Ray Telescope |
| OTDR | Optical Time Domain Reflectometry |
| ARM | Advanced Reservoir Management (petroleum) |
| LAIS | Liquid Alloy Ion Source |
| ALOMAR | Arctic Lidar Observatory For Middle Atm. Research |