| Acronym | Meaning |
| VPC | Vapor-phase Chromatography |
| PAW | Projector Augmented-wave [ab-initio Method] |
| DSS | Decision Support System |
| ORBIT | On-line Retrieval Of Bibliographic Information Timesharing |
| DPA | Destructive Physical Analysis |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Carcinoma |
| ESCR | Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance |
| LC-ESI-MS/MS | Liq. Chromatog.-electrospray Ionization-tandem Mass Spectrometry |
| FOISD | Fiber Optic Isolated Spherical Dipole Antenna |
| ERL/GB | Environmental Research Laboratory Gulf Breeze |