| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASR | Alkali-silica Reaction |
| GIPOF | Graded-Index Plastic Optical Fiber |
| GAM | Generalized Additive Model |
| EXPASY | Expert Protein Analysis System |
| DPA | Destructive Physical Analysis |
| HBJ | Hougen-Bunker-Johns (Hamiltonian For Mol. Calcns.) |
| IAETL | International Association Of Environmental Testing Laboratories |
| GHF | Generalized Hartree-Fock Method |
| ECM | Electrochemical Machining |
| ASIDIC | Association Of Information And Dissemination Centers |