| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABWAG | Abwasserabgabengestres (Germany Wastewater Discharge Law Regulates Cost Per Volume) |
| EGW | Electrogas Welding |
| DRAW | Digital Read After Write |
| AERL | Air And Energy Engineering Research Laboratory |
| FRDS | Federal Reporting Data System |
| AUBF | Anaerobic Upflow Biofilter |
| CP | Chemical Pseudopotential |
| CAA | Contaminant Analysis Automation |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| 2MASS | Two Micron All-Sky Survey |