| Acronym | Meaning |
| TES | Transition-edge Sensor |
| CIIT | Chemical Industry Institute Of Toxicology |
| DIANA | Detection Of Immobilized Amplified Nucleic Acids |
| PVB | Projected Valence Bond |
| SIC | Silicon Integrated Circuit |
| CHESS | Community Health And Environmental Surveillance System |
| ATS | Applied Technology Satellite |
| QWASI | Quantitative Water Air Sediment Interaction |
| OAPP | Oxidized Atactic Polypropylene |
| CDAF | Continuous Distributed Approximating Function |