| Acronym | Meaning |
| MIPAS | Michelson Interferometer For Passive Atmospheric Sounding |
| AICE | American Institute Of Chemical Engineers |
| ICAM | Intercellular Adhesion Molecule |
| VDU | Visual Display Unit |
| HAZW | Hazardous Waste Collection Database (accessible Through OLS) |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| EDW | Exponential Distorted Wave Approximation |
| XPD | X-ray Photoelectron Diffraction |
| RTO | Rapid Thermal Oxidation |
| VSEPR | Valence-shell Electron-pair Repulsion |