| Acronym | Meaning |
| NASO | Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System |
| CROWN | Combines Rotation With Nutation |
| CERDIP | Ceramic Dual-inline Package |
| PWBA-C | Coulomb Corrected Plane Wave Born Approxn. |
| TGDDM | Tetraglycidyl-4,4'-diaminodiphenyl Methane Epoxy |
| ACE | Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis |
| SEAREX | Sea/Air Exchange Program |
| MBPM | Maximum Bubble Pressure Method |
| PLIRRA | Pollution Liability Insurance And Risk Reduction Act |
| OP-AMP | Operational Amplifier |