| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMMC | Environmental Monitoring Management Council |
| DCS | Distributed Control System |
| AFC | Assimilation (with) Fractional Crystallization (geochemistry) |
| NASO | Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System |
| PSCE | Partially Spin Coupled Echo |
| CCRIS | Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System |
| MOSIS | Metal Oxide Semiconductor Implementation Service |
| IGBP | International Geosphere Biosphere Programme |
| RPCR | Restricted Principal Component Regression |
| NGPSA | Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act |