| Acronym | Meaning |
| TPAD | Temperature Programmed Ammonia Desorption |
| POGO | Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory |
| FAS | Federation Of American Scientists |
| SDLTS | Scanning Deep-level Transient Spectroscopy |
| CGDN | Canadian Genetic Diseases Network |
| HEUR | Hydrophobe Modified Ethoxylated Urethane [polymer] |
| DSRT | Deep Sea Reversing Thermometer |
| DLCA | Diffusion Limited Cluster Aggregation |
| DIW | Deionized Water |
| HCMV | Human Cytomegalovirus |