| Acronym | Meaning |
| FLD | Forming Limit Diagram |
| NTNCWS | Nontransient, Noncommunity Water Supplies |
| APC | Antigen Presenting Cell |
| BMDO | Ballistic Missile Defense Organization |
| HEASARC | High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center |
| STAS | Scientific And Technical Attribute And Element Set |
| PADMR | Photoinduced Absorption Detected Magnetic Resonance |
| RFBCM | Random-field Blume-capel Model (hamiltonian For Magnetic System) |
| DAP | Distributed Array Processor |
| CNIDR | Clearinghouse For Networked Information Discovery And Retrieval |