| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFBC | Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustion |
| ECM | Exchange-charge Model |
| LIFD | Laser-induced Fluorescence Detection |
| ISOLDE | Isotope Separator On Line |
| HED | Howardite-eucrite-diogenite (suite Of Achondrite Meteorites) |
| IAC | Immunoaffinity Chromatography |
| MDR | Multidrug Resistance |
| WSHS | Watershed Hydrologic System |
| OEP | Optimized Effective-potential (quantum Method) |
| DAM | Military Applications Branch (French; Direction Des Applications Militaires) |