| Acronym | Meaning |
| WAPS | Waste Acceptance Preliminary Specification |
| CROW | Contained Recovery Of Oily Wastes |
| NDB | Nucleic Acid Database |
| IMA | Ion Microanalysis |
| OFAGE | Orthogonal-field-alternation Gel Electrophoresis |
| RCT | Reference Control Technology |
| ONR | Office Of Naval Research |
| ESIX | Electrically Switched Ion Exchange |
| ERCIM | European Research Consortium For Informatics And Mathematics |
| PEELS | Parallel Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |