| Acronym | Meaning |
| FRAM | Ferroelectric Random Access Memory |
| SML | Surface Microlayer |
| CSWP | Centrifugal Sudden [or Coupled States] Wave Packet Method |
| ACE | Aerosol Characterization Experiment |
| IAPSO | International Association For The Physical Sciences Of The Ocean (ICSU) |
| COMPREHEND | Community Programme Of Research On Environmental Hormones And Endocrine Disrupters |
| RCLED | Resonant Cavity Light Emitting Diode |
| UNS | Unified Numbering System For Metals And Alloys |
| PCNA | Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen |
| POPW | Partially Orthogonalized Plane Wave |