| Acronym | Meaning |
| COSE | Committee On Optical Science And Engineering |
| HPDSC | High-pressure Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| ERDAS | Earth Resource Data Analysis System |
| NRAO | National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| HELC | High Efficiency Liquid Chromatography (Russian |
| ACA | American Crystallographic Association |
| SBSL | Single-bubble Sonoluminescence |
| MTF | Multiple Tube Fermentation |
| VERA | Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator |
| SLRS | Selective Laser Reactive Sintering |