| Acronym | Meaning |
| HPA | Hybridization Protection Assay |
| ATAD | Auto Thermal Aerobic Digestion |
| RT | Reverse Transcriptase |
| SPQC | Series Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal |
| ALU | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| FMD | Foot And Mouth Disease |
| PPMA | Parts Per Million Atomic |
| HBT | Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor |
| CIV | Critical Ionization Velocity (ionosphere) |
| HOC | Hydrophobic Organic Compounds |