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• CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• EDAS — Eta Data Assimilation System
• CF — Cystic Fibrosis
• CCM — Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
• LAN — Local Area Network
• OPS — Operations
• HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus I
• US — United States of America
• CHF — Congestive Heart Failure
• E-LIDAR — Experimental LIDAR
• H2O2 — Hydrogen Peroxide
• A BY E — Admission by Exception
• AD — Atopic Dermatitis
• HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• AA — Ascorbic Acid
• RDF — Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• UCAAD — University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• A-SCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• PS — PostScript
• DO — Dissolved Oxygen
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• N2O5 — nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
• AHRQ — Agency for Health, Research, and Quality
• MM — Millimeter
• CCTV — Closed-circuit television
• BTW — By The Way
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• ICD — Interface Control Document
• XFTS — XMM File Transfer System
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• BAEPS — Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials
• CMAP — Compound Muscle Action Potential
• A.K.A. — Also Known As
• ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
• A — Ampere
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• PPM — parts per million
• S-GCOS — Space-Based Global Change Observation System
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• FTE — Full Time Equivalent
• WHO — World Health Organization
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• E&CE — Electrical and Computer Engineering

• PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
• HADCM — Hadley Center Model
• UCP&T — University Committee on Privilege and Tenure
• CGI — Clinical Global Impression
• HADRT — Hadley Center Radiosonde temperature
• MUX — Multiplexer
• UCORP — University Committee on Research Policy
• XIDT — X-Ray Identification Team
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• UCOLASC — University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication
• IP — Internet Protocol
• QC — Quality Control
• NHLBI — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• A3RI — Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute
• XFDS — XMM Flight Dynamics System
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• RF — Radio Frequency
• NIEO — New International Economic Order
• UCM-TF — University of California, Merced Task Force
• P-N — Positive-Negative
• BAFME — Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy
• UCR&J — University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction
• ASD — Atrial Septal Defect
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• I&T WG — Integration and Test Working Group
• UCMEXUS — UC Institute for Mexico and the United States
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• UCACCORD — UC All Campus Collaboration on Outreach and Dissemination
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• CAIS — Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• MSDS — Material Safety Data Sheets
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• AC — Alternating Current
• WWW — World Wide Web
• CV — Curriculum Vitae
• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• HALLIP — Heterogeneous and Liquid Phase Processes (EUROTRAC)
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• CBC — Complete Blood Count
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• API — Application Programming Interface
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• R&D — Research & Development
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• DCP — Defined Contribution Plan
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• ESA — European Space Agency
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• NCCLS — National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
• CD — Compact Disc
• BASDAI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• AD — autistic disorder
• DOT — Department of Transport
• HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• CGI — Common Gateway Interface
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• DBMS — Database Management System
• W — Watt
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
• ACF — Autocorrelation Function
• RAM — random-access memory
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• TB — Tuberculosis
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• RIXOS — ROSAT International X-Ray optical Survey
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• CRS — Congressional Research Service
• EC — European Commission
• MB — Megabyte
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• GO — General Observer
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• ANP — Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• FY — Fiscal Year
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• EOL — End Of Life

• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• POE — Point of Entry
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• ATN — Acute Tubular Necrosis
• CIN — Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• CS — Computer Science
• BFGF — Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• ANC — Absolute Neutrophil Count
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• NM — Nanometer
• MDCK — Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• AU — Astronomical Unit
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• CC — Colon Cancer
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• PT — Physical Therapy
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• DNS — Domain Name System
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• ROI — Return on Investment
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• KG — Kilogram
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• URD — User Requirements Document
• FDA — Food Drug Administration

• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• ABA — American Bar Association
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature
• ADS — Astrophysics Data System
• AF — Air Force
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• AMA — American Medical Association
• DC — Direct Current
• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• SIR — Shuttle Imaging Radar
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• TBC — To Be Confirmed
• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• O3 — Ozone
• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• CRF — Case Report Form
• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview
• RPM — Resale Price Maintenance. The UK Net Book Agreement, as was. Means by which retail prices are controlled by primary suppliers. (Alternatively, Revolutions Per Minute, as in engine speed and 78, 33 and 45 records. In years to come how many people will know
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• CC — Colorectal Carcinoma
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science

• ATS — applications technology satellite
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• EM — Electromagnetic
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• BMA — British Medical Association
• HIV — Hair Is Vanishing. Amusing alternative interpretation (thanks EP) contrasting with the seriousness of the more usual meaning of Human Immunodeficiency Virus.HIVIHusband Is Village Idiot. (ODSA) Classic nurses' shorthand.
• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• CDF — Common Data Format
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• CW — Continuous Wave
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter

• RCS — Revision Control System
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• LF — Low Frequency
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• SONAR — (DOD) A sonic device used primarily for the detection and location of underwater objects.(This term is derived from the words "sound navigation and ranging.")
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• DOC — Doctor
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• SCR — Software Change Request
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• GO — Guest Observer
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• IR — Infrared
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• HV — High Voltage
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• POS — Point of Service Plan
• BPS — bits per second
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software

• SCB — Software Control Board
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• GB — Gigabyte
• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• SPR — Software Problem Report
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water
• GCM — General Circulation Model
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• HF — High Frequency
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• IPY — International Polar Year
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• CH — Channel
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• C — Centigrade
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)

• NRC — National Response Center
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• M — Million
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• TB — Terabyte
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• O2 — Oxygen
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• CC — Combined Cycle
• WG — Working Group
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer

• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• CD — Celiac Disease
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• PM — Particulate Matter
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• WFC — World Food Council
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• ESL — English as a second language
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery
• OP — Office of the President
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• C — Celsius
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board

• SAST — Science Analysis Software Team
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• EC — European Community
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• LHV — lower heating value
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• AP — Anomalous Propagation
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• RTF — Return To Flight
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• RS — Remote Sensing
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division

• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons
• DEC — Declination
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• CE — Cholesterol Ester
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• APC — Activated Protein C
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• DOS — United States Department of State
• AO — Acridine Orange
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• ND — NASA Document
• SWT — Science Working Team
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite

• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• UC — University of California
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• CDL — California Digital Library
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave
• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• THR — Thrust
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• ADD — Architectural Design Document
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe
• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation
• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct
• AE — Adverse Event
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• AY — Academic Year
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• G — Gram (g)
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)

• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• ISU — International Space University
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• IPA — Individual Practice Association
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• HE — High Energy
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• CHB — congenital heart block
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• LE — Low Energy
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• TM — Telemetry
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• DPU — data processing unit
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)

• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• NOS — National Ocean Service
• CD — Conduct Disorder
• NDA — New Drug Application
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• CSU — Cleveland State University
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• CPI — characters per inch
• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• IA — Interactive

• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• CDR — Common Deleted Region
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• DEMUX — Demultiplexer
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• JD — Julian Day
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• IDC — Indirect Costs
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• AL — Ad libitum
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act

• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• CDM — Common Data Model
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• CG — Complementation Group
• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• VT — Visual Testing
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• BSI — British Standards Institution
• CDC — Child Development Centre
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• UT — Universal Time
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• RD — Reference Document
• NCOS — National Commission on Space

• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
• TMU — Transmission Message Unit
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• ID — IDentifier
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• AR — Aldose Reductase
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• BPI — bits per inch
• S/W — Software
• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• CON — Certificate Of Need
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth

• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• IC — Instrument Controller
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• CFH — Complement Factor H
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• CFA — colony forming assay
• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• UW — University of Washington
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• AD — Applicable Document
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• GTI — Good Time Interval

• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• RA — Right Ascension
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• BC — Breast Cancer
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• WEC — World Energy Council
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• AO — Agent Orange
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• DOY — Day of Year
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope

• JRC — Joint Research Center
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid
• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• UT — University of Tennessee
• TTA — Time to Apogee
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction
• SPP — Solar Physics Payload
• STC — Science and Technology Center
• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• AAO — Age At Onset
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• CH — Cluster Headache
• EC — executive committee
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
• STI — Steel Tank Institute
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• CKI — casein kinase I
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)

• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• PS — Project Scientist
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• AB — Alcian Blue
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome
• AUM — Asymmetric Unit Membrane
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• PSU — power supply unit
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• MSS — Mission Support System
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• AI — Association Index
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• QSR — Quality System Regulation

• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• AAD — Age at Diagnosis
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• RSS — root-sum-square
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• TC — Telecommand

• NIC — National Ice Center
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
• SI — Solar Influences
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• QM — Qualification Model
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• MB — Millibar(s)
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• ADG — Average Daily Gain
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• CD — Chemistry Division
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation
• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology

• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment
• NIR — Near Infrared
• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• PI — Principle Investigator
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging
• AL — annulate lamellae
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• SDE — Software Development Environment
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• CC — corpus callosum
• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• EJ — Expansion Joint
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise

• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• LH — Labor-Hour
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• CLG — Certified Local Government
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• CB — cord blood
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• AO — Amine Oxidase
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association

• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• CL — Cleft Lip
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• MDMA — Medical Device Manufacturers Association
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• CM — complete mole
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• AP — arterial pressure
• AM — Acral Melanoma
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division

• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• J.D. — Juris Doctor degree
• DOF — Department of Finance
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• TA — Teaching Assistant
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell
• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• BD — binding domain
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• CDS — commonly deleted segment
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator

• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase
• FTS — File Transfer System
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• AEL — After Egg Laying
• AAP — amino acid permease
• AII — Angiotensin II
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• OM — Optical Monitor
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• BA — benzoic acid
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• BA — biliary atresia
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• UNEX — University Extension
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi
• CE — cornified envelope
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account
• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• ATC — Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• AJ — adherens junction
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase
• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus

• CE — central element
• AK — acetate kinase
• CD — cortical dysplasia
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• AE — anion exchanger
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• CH — cystic hygroma
• AHF — Altered Hepatic Foci
• GCC — Global Change Category
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• DO — Diving Officer
• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• SVT — System Validation Test
• CG — cortical granule
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell
• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California
• SSS — Social Studies of Science

• HIS — Health Information Systems
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• CC — colorectal cancer
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• RA — Research Assistant
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• AD — Agar Dilution
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma
• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• LED — Liquid Emitting Diode
• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• CB — Ciliary Body
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)

• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• MIR — Management Information Report
• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• AD — axiodistal
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens
• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• DU — Dobson Unit
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment

• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• AMFR — Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• AGM — African green monkey
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• AO — Airway obstruction
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• EMDU — EPIC MOS Data Handling Unit
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• FAUI — Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• CF — Correction Factor
• CF — Clastogenic factor
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• AO — active oxygen
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• VIS — Visible
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• S/C — Spacecraft
• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• AD — After Disease
• AP — amyloid plaques
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• AF — activation function
• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor

• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• PD — Photo Diode
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• CD — cytochalasin D
• AP — accelerated phase
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• AE — Axial Element
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• AE — Attaching and effacing

• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• TOO — Target Of Opportunity
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• CM — Capillary malformation
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• DST — Data Systems Test
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• NH3 — Ammonia
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• CC — congenital cataract
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• GSM — Ground Segment Manager
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution
• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• AHF — Attitude History File

• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission
• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• VAN — Value-Added Network
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• CGC — Climate and Global Change
• CH — Calponin homology
• GLI — Global Imager
• CH — chloral hydrate
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas

• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• AR — adaptive response
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• AR — apoptotic rate
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells
• AK — Arginine kinase
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• EE — End-to-End
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• AS — Alport syndrome
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• V&V — Validation & Verification
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• AGT — average generation time
• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• JET-X — Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma

• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• CF — colony formation
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
• DP — dermal papilla
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• CM — contrast media
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• SID — Structure Identifier
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• CF — Culture fluid
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale

• MT — Measured Time
• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• ERICA — Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator
• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• CL — cystic lymphangioma
• AD — Arginine Deiminase
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics
• DWS — Division of Water Supply
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)

• CF — culture filtrate
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• CDD — Cytidine Deaminase
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network
• AP — Apple Proliferation
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• AM — Admixture Mapping
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• DAL — Data Access Layer
• BC — breast carcinoma
• AN — accessory nuclei
• AH — aniline hydrochloride
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• CL — chromosome loss
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• CFSS — common fragile sites
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• CB — carotid body
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus

• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
• CD — Canavan disease
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid
• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• CC — Carney complex
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• AS — Active sleep
• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst
• AP — Adaptor Protein
• AI — apoptotic index
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• MDR — Medical Device Register
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
• CD — Congenital Defects
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)

• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• ANT — Attention Network Test
• AI — Adiposity Index
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• MOUT — Message Out
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• ORS — Outer root sheath
• ASPS — Acid Shock Proteins
• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• MCR — Main Control Room
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• OOA — Object-Oriented Analysis
• PDIC — Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International; Diving Instruction Organization.
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• DES — Divers Environmental Survey
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act
• RAID — Redundant of Inexpensive Discs
• BC — Brain Cancer
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• AS — Acid Succinate
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft
• MDA — Medical Device Amendments
• CD — Cowden Disease

• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State
• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services
• AS — alternative splicing
• CI — Chromosome Index
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• CM — Centimetre
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus
• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• CBAH — Conjugated Bile Acid Hydrolase
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• TBW — To Be Written
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• BAUD — one bit per second
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• CE — colony efficiency
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• CDM — Chemically Defined Medium
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma

• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• ED — Energy Division
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• CAO — Chlorophyll A Oxygenase
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• AH — anterior horn
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• MEV — mega electron volts
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• STR — Star TRacker
• F&A — Facilities and Administrative
• ARRP — Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• FM — Frequency Modulator

• CD — Conjugated dienes
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• WFC — Wide-Field Camera
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• AREP — Assembly Representation
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies
• CA — Candida albicans
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• D/C — diarrhea constipation
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• AAU — Association of African Universities
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon
• BE — Branching Enzyme
• CDC — Cell Division Control
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• AT — Autologous Transplantation
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)
• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• FDAMA — FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• IAS — Interactive Analysis Subsystem
• VLA — Very Large Array

• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• AK — Adenosine Kinase
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• CM — cisterna magna
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• AI — allelic imbalance
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• AC — Academic Council
• CD — Chromatin Diminution
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• CA — Constitutively Active
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• WPD — War Plans Division
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• MH — Message Handling
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• PT — Pass-Through
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force
• AM — Achillea Millefolium

• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• PI — Position Invariant
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• MSU — Memphis State University
• COR — Committee on Research
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• CE — clonal evolution
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• CC — Cumulus cells
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom
• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• DBI — Digital Bus Interface
• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• AN — Alkaline Nuclease
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• CA — Children Age
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• UEXT — University Extension
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• CE — cellular extract
• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem

• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• AU — Atomic Units
• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• AD — Affecting Disease
• CA — chromosome aberration
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• AFM — Array File Maker
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• CA — Colanic Acid
• IST — integrated systems test
• HK — HouseKeeping Data
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System
• HAACP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program
• AVTD — Anomalous Viscosity Time Dependence
• ALE/GAGE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• BA — Bone Age
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• CD — circular dichroic
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis
• CC — Cellular Cycle
• CI — centromeric index
• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase
• CONUS — Continental U.S.
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• SI — Systeme International
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• FDR — Flight Dynamics Room
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• UCT — Universal Time Code
• TIR — Thermal Infrared

• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• CUA — Circumpolar Universities Association
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• DPU — digital processing unit
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• CCA — Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
• CC — Cell Counts
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• CC — Conventional Cytogenetic
• EDU — Event Detection Unit
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• SCED — Engineering Department at ESOC
• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
• AH — Albumen Height
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• APP — Abeta precursor protein
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• CCP — Cytochrome C Peroxidase
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• TCP/IP — Networking Protocol used on Internet
• CF — competence factor
• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• CD — cytosine deaminase
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• CC — complete chimerism
• AS — autologous serum

• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• EDH — EPIC Data Handling Unit
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• ASTEX — Atlantic STratus EXperiment
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• ANO — Any Other
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• CET — Central England Temperature
• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• ASMCS — Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• IFS — SSC-SOC Interface Sub-system
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• CAMEX — Convection and Moisture Experiment
• OSU — Oregon State University
• CA — Cavernous Angiomas
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• CI — Cephalic Index
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• ODF — Observation Data File
• SSO — Solar System Object
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• APH — Attitude Pointing History
• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
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• CC — Cleavable Complex
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System

• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• ANDI — American Nitrox Divers Incorporated
• CA — Chromosome Analysis
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual
• BC — blast crisis
• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• CD — Crohn disease
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• RMF — Response Matrix File
• GCF — Ground Calibration File
• PDTS — PPS Data Transfer System
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• BD — Birth Defects
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• CORP — Corporation
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)
• POSS II — Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, second version
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• CH — Channel Header
• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology
• AS — Aldosterone Synthase
• CM — Congenital Malformations
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer
• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• FIMR — Finnish Institute of Marine Research
• MIRD — Mission Implementation Requirements Documents
• BF — Basal Forebrain
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• AK — activated killer
• BC — Binucleated Cells

• AM — Affected Male
• LORAN — Long-Range Navigation
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• BCG — bacillus of Calmette and Guérin
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• MODB — MOC Operational Database
• DSWM — Division of Solid Waste Management
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• CBS — classic Bartter syndrome
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• PX — XMM Project
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• CH — congenital hydrocephalus
• CC — Condensed chromatin
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors
• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)
• BC — Branhamella catarrhalis
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• DPI — Derived Product Imagery
• LSU — Louisana State University
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• DB — Diversion Box
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit

• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• AU — Activity Units
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• DLS — Division of Laboratory Services
• CI — cardiac involvement
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• DP — Data Products
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• ICB — Instrument Control Bus
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• CA — Cyclopiazonic Acid
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• IBIS — Image on-Board INTEGRAL Spacecraft
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• CCST — California Council on Science & Technology
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• CATS — Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequence
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• H/K — Housekeeping
• HROI — High Resolution Optical Instrument
• SAS — Science Analysis Subsystem
• POCE — Pantone Open Color Environment
• VCP — Voluntary Cooperation Program (Equipment and Services) (UN)
• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• DODS — Distributed Ocean Data System
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)

• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• MOC — XMM Mission Operation Centre
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• GFURD — Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
• CI — chromosomal instability
• KAL — Keep Alive Loop
• SPACON — Spacecraft Controller
• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• TOBI — Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• CCM — community climate model
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
• BF — Bomb Factory
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus
• BCRS — Breakpoint Cluster Regions
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)
• UGAMP — Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme
• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• AC — Amylose Content
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• SIP — Sickness Index Profile
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• PMA — Premarket Application
• UCR — University Of Costa Rica

• CAR — Cytokinetic Actomyosin Ring
• ERM — EPIC Radiation Monitor
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• UM — Unified Model
• GGI — GPS Geoscience Instrument
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• AE — Effective Area
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• DPSS — Data Product Screening Sub-system
• HDU — Header Data Unit
• AVR — Acute Vascular Rejection
• IFCC — International Federation of Clinical Chemists
• HC — Heater Controller
• JCEE — Joint Conference of EARMA and Euroscience
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• CARE — Cholesterol and Recurrent Events
• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• CAL — Calibration Access Layer
• AP — Antimicrobial Peptides
• BD — Bone Density
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group
• MPE — Max Planck Institut fur Extaterrestrische Physik, Garching
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• AQS — Air Quality System
• HED — High Energy Detector
• ASCA — Japanese X-Ray Astronomy satellite launched 1993
• UCOP — University of California, Office of the President
• STG — Steering Group
• NEJAC — National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• TRC — The Research Corporation
• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• UARC — University Affiliated Research Center
• COHMEX — Cooperative Huntsville Meteorological Experiment
• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• CHF — Calibration History File
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• CD — Complete Deficiency
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

• IGETC — Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• UCCP — UC College Preparatory Initiative
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• I&T — Integration and Testing
• CADC — Canadian Astrophysical Data Centre
• IOSDL — Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory
• PM — Protocol Machine
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• CAS — Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• TIMEX — Time Multiplexer
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• SAG — Science Advisory Group
• ECB — Educational Communications Board
• NARSTO — North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
• UCOPE — University Committee on Preparatory Education
• BC — biotin carboxylase
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nucleus
• CD — Cone Degeneration
• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflective Distribution Function
• CA — common antigen
• CSMP — Climate System Modeling Project
• TRACT — Transport of Pollutants over Complex Terrain (EUROTRAC)
• AWD — Abdominal Wall Defects
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• JPOP — Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
• NDO — National Diving Officer
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System
• CHAT — Choline Acetyltransferase
• DENIS — Deep Near-Infra-red Survey
• MTSU — Middle Tennessee State University's
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• POSIX — Portbale Operating System Interface
• PMC — Pressure-Modulator Cell
• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• OAB — Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• CC — Classical Cytogenetic
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor

• SQHUW — Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• SCSI — Small Computer Systems Interface, a common disc interface
• CRF — Calibration Resource File
• UADE — Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects
• ARF — An Ancillary Response File
• BUCHE — ButyrylCholine Estérase
• VISSR — Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES)
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• DAO — Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• DXRB — Diffuse X-Ray Background
• MM — Mirror Model
• ICC — Intersegmental Coordinating Committee
• MPI — Minnesota Project Innovation
• ESD — Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
• AMS — Archive Management Subsystem
• BAHC — Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP programme)
• GLRS-A — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter (see GLAS)
• CVS — Concurrent Version System
• ADAM — Astronomical Data Acquisition and Management
• ISME — Instrument Software Maintenance Environment
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring
• CDS — Centre de Donnees Stellaires
• NEFCO — Nordic Environment Finance Corporation