| Acronym | Meaning |
| FMCW | Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave |
| RFC | Inhalation Reference Concentration |
| ILIAC | International Library Information And Analytical Center |
| SDPM | Spin-dependent Photomodulation |
| CCW | Charge Current Wave (type Of Hartree-Fock Wave Function) |
| ESD | Environmental Services Division (US EPA) |
| JOIDES | Joint Oceanographic Institutions For Deep Earth Sampling |
| KBES | Knowledge-based Expert System |
| EICP | Enclosed Inductively Coupled Plasma |
| QMAR | Quantitative Migration-activity Relationship |