| Acronym | Meaning |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| DMU | WOCE Data Management Unit (USA) (now Part Of DIU) |
| ICPP | Idaho Chemical Processing Plant |
| CBXT | Community-Based Clinical Trial |
| AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| IRI | Industrial Research Institute |
| MACT | Maximum Achievable Control Technology |
| NCMS | National Center Manufacturing Sciences |
| LEAP | Local-electrode Atom Probe |
| TBTE | Tight-binding Total-energy (calcn. Method) |