| Acronym | Meaning |
| IAD | Ion Assisted Deposition |
| SIPOS | Semi-insulating Polycrystalline Silicon |
| HILDA | High-Latitude Exchange/Interior Diffusion-Advection Model |
| PBIRG | Pharmaceutical Business Intelligence And Research Gro |
| BOF | Basic Oxygen Furnace |
| GDL | Glow Discharge Lamp |
| FAGS | Federation Of Astronomical And Geophysical Services |
| TRIUMF | Tri-University Meson Facility |
| NICI | Negative Ion Chemical Ionization (mass Spectrometry) |
| GDC | Global Drifter Center (of WOCE Data System) |