| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAER | Community Awareness And Emergency Response |
| MIES | Metastable Impact Electron Spectroscopy |
| IAP | Islet-activating Protein |
| TBBA | Tightly-bound-on-the-bond Approxn. (band Structure Crystal) |
| RFA | Renormalized Free Atom (model |
| TMP | Turbomolecular Pump |
| ESSP | Earth Systems Science Pathfinder |
| CERT | Const. Extension Rate Tensile |
| LINE | Long Interspersed Element |
| MODS | Magneto-Optical Difference Spectroscopy |