| Acronym | Meaning |
| CSC | Client Server Computing |
| APMI | American Powder Metallurgy Institute |
| BOSS | Boron Out-diffused Surface Strap |
| SPPS | Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis |
| BSEM | Back Scattering Electron Microscopy |
| RSM | Reduction Symmetry Method (in Crystal Field Theory) |
| RPDWR | Revised Primary Drinking Water Regulations |
| PBII | Plasma-based Ion Implantation |
| ICCVAM | US Interagency Coordination Committee On The Validation Of Alternative Methods |
| MIP | Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry |