| Acronym | Meaning |
| MPA | Millipascal |
| ESC | Embryonic Stem Cell |
| CCCP | Central Committee Of The Communist Party - Cyrillic For SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik |
| STA | Scheduled Time Of Arrival - Surveillance And Target Acquisition |
| GCN | Gamma-ray Burst Coordination Network |
| ICRISAT | International Crops Research Institute For The Semi-Arid Tropics |
| DRA | Defence Research Agency (UK |
| NPC | National Postgraduate Committee - National Provincial Championship (New Zealand Rugby Competition) - Navigation Planning Chart - Non-Player Character (role-playing Games) |
| USDA | United States Department Of Agriculture |
| ACB | Asociaci›n De Clubs De Baloncesto (Spanish For Association Of Basketball Clubs) |