| Acronym | Meaning |
| PTFE | PolyTetraFluoroEthylene |
| TBT | Tributyltin |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| PIG | Pipeline Inspection Gauge |
| GPU | Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravlenie (Russian ??????????????? ???????????? ?????????? |
| AML | Acute Myeloid Leukaemia |
| ASCC | Army Service Component Commander - Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator - Air Standardization Coordinating Committee |
| SPACECOM | (U.S.) Space Command |
| DVLC | UK Driver And Vehicle Licencing Centre |
| MOT | Ministry Of Transport (UK) |