| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECCD | Electron Cyclotron Current Drive |
| VNS | Vicarious Nucleophilic Substitution |
| PA/SI | Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection |
| OPDIN | Ocean Pollution Data And Information Network |
| LCHAD | Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase |
| GPIB | General Purpose Interface Bus |
| SBSR | Single Bead String Reactor |
| LBD | Ligand Binding Domain |
| ODP | Ocean Drilling Program |
| SCCF | Self-consistent Continued Fraction |