| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRA | Interim Response Actions |
| RIA | Reactivity Initiated Accident |
| FAST | Fugitive Assessment Sampling Train |
| SMC | Small Magellanic Cloud |
| BASF | Badische Anilin- Und Soda-Fabrik |
| SHAPM | Shear Horizontal Acoustic Plate Mode |
| ISCN | International System For Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature |
| AFCS | Alliance For Cellular Signaling |
| GLOSS | Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC) |
| ICPD | Inductively Coupled Plasma Deposition |