| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRC | Information Resource Center |
| CSFR | Colony-stimulating Factor Receptor |
| COPM | Carter Ozone Per Mile |
| HLLW | High Level Liquid Waste |
| CAALS | Consortium On Automated Analytical Laboratory Systems |
| ANTARES | Australian National Tandem For Applied Research |
| TPCA | Toxic Pit Cleanup Act (of California |
| CELSS | Controlled Ecological Life Support System |
| IGEFET | Interdigitated-gate-electrode Field-effect Transistor |
| NRM | Nuclear Reference Material |