| Acronym | Meaning |
| BLIS | BACT/LAER Information System |
| CERCLIS | Comprehensive Environmental Response |
| IMB | Information Management Branch |
| LCC | Leadless Chip Carrier |
| GLO | Gaussian Lobe Orbital |
| NCCAM | National Center For Complementary And Alternative Medicine |
| DRAW | Digital Read After Write |
| NAT | Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol) |
| VLP | Virus-like Particle |
| IHSS | International Humic Substances Society |