| Acronym | Meaning |
| TCC | Thermal Contact Cracking |
| MGS/TES | Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer |
| PIGE | Proton Induced Gamma-ray Emission |
| SFRC | Spruce-Fir Research Cooperative |
| GEIS | Generic Environmental Impact Statement |
| T-J MODEL | Heisenberg-Hubbard Model (Hamiltonian) |
| GETE | Global Environmental Technology Enterprise |
| ITPOT | Improved Two-parameter Omega Technique |
| OEIC | Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit |
| GCNF | Germ Cell Nuclear Factor |