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• CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• EDAS — Eta Data Assimilation System
• LAN — Local Area Network
• OPS — Operations
• CF — Cystic Fibrosis
• CCM — Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
• HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus I
• A BY E — Admission by Exception
• US — United States of America
• H2O2 — Hydrogen Peroxide
• CHF — Congestive Heart Failure
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• BTW — By The Way
• PPM — parts per million
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• E-LIDAR — Experimental LIDAR
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• IP — Internet Protocol
• ICD — Interface Control Document
• MM — Millimeter
• CCTV — Closed-circuit television
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• FTE — Full Time Equivalent
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
• AC — Alternating Current
• PS — PostScript
• A — Ampere
• QC — Quality Control
• R&D — Research & Development
• A-SCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• AA — Ascorbic Acid
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• API — Application Programming Interface
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• WHO — World Health Organization
• RF — Radio Frequency

• XFTS — XMM File Transfer System
• AD — Atopic Dermatitis
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• CBC — Complete Blood Count
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• UCAAD — University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• A.K.A. — Also Known As
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• RDF — Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• N2O5 — nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• BAEPS — Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials
• MSDS — Material Safety Data Sheets
• HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• BASDAI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index
• FY — Fiscal Year
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• DO — Dissolved Oxygen
• E&CE — Electrical and Computer Engineering
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• WWW — World Wide Web
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
• S-GCOS — Space-Based Global Change Observation System
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• CMAP — Compound Muscle Action Potential
• HADCM — Hadley Center Model
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• CV — Curriculum Vitae
• NIEO — New International Economic Order
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• BAFME — Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy
• HADRT — Hadley Center Radiosonde temperature
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• I&T WG — Integration and Test Working Group
• A3RI — Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute
• CD — Compact Disc
• RAM — random-access memory
• ESA — European Space Agency
• XIDT — X-Ray Identification Team
• CGI — Clinical Global Impression
• TBC — To Be Confirmed

• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• KG — Kilogram
• XFDS — XMM Flight Dynamics System
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• AMA — American Medical Association
• UCP&T — University Committee on Privilege and Tenure
• DOT — Department of Transport
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• UCORP — University Committee on Research Policy
• AHRQ — Agency for Health, Research, and Quality
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• P-N — Positive-Negative
• NCCLS — National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
• UCM-TF — University of California, Merced Task Force
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• UCR&J — University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction
• UCOLASC — University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• HALLIP — Heterogeneous and Liquid Phase Processes (EUROTRAC)
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• CAIS — Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• EOL — End Of Life
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• DCP — Defined Contribution Plan
• HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• UCMEXUS — UC Institute for Mexico and the United States
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• NM — Nanometer
• ASD — Atrial Septal Defect
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• UCACCORD — UC All Campus Collaboration on Outreach and Dissemination
• ROI — Return on Investment
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency

• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• CGI — Common Gateway Interface
• TB — Tuberculosis
• 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
• NHLBI — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• DNS — Domain Name System
• MUX — Multiplexer
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• PT — Physical Therapy
• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• CRS — Congressional Research Service
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• BPS — bits per second
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• EC — European Commission
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• MB — Megabyte
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• DBMS — Database Management System
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• W — Watt
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• DC — Direct Current
• POE — Point of Entry
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• URD — User Requirements Document
• IR — Infrared
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• ABA — American Bar Association
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit

• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• CS — Computer Science
• LF — Low Frequency
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• CH — Channel
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• M — Million
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• AF — Air Force
• EM — Electromagnetic
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• AD — autistic disorder
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• ATN — Acute Tubular Necrosis
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• CIN — Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• BFGF — Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• O2 — Oxygen
• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department

• CW — Continuous Wave
• ACF — Autocorrelation Function
• POS — Point of Service Plan
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• GB — Gigabyte
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• 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.")
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• ANP — Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• WFC — World Food Council
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• O3 — Ozone
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• G — Gram (g)
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• AU — Astronomical Unit
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• CRF — Case Report Form
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• C — Celsius
• ANC — Absolute Neutrophil Count
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• 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.
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• AY — Academic Year
• ADS — Astrophysics Data System
• DOC — Doctor
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• BPI — bits per inch
• SCB — Software Control Board
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index
• C — Centigrade
• CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• CPI — characters per inch
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• BMA — British Medical Association
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• GO — General Observer
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• SCR — Software Change Request
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• HF — High Frequency
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research

• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation
• RIXOS — ROSAT International X-Ray optical Survey
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• ESL — English as a second language
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• RCS — Revision Control System
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• NRC — National Response Center
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• DOS — United States Department of State
• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• CC — Colon Cancer
• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• WG — Working Group
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• EC — European Community
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• MDCK — Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)

• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• TB — Terabyte
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• SIR — Shuttle Imaging Radar
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• HV — High Voltage
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• CDF — Common Data Format
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• SPR — Software Problem Report
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• NDA — New Drug Application
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• AE — Adverse Event
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)

• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance
• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• LHV — lower heating value
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• UC — University of California
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• CC — Combined Cycle
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• SDE — Software Development Environment

• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• CC — Colorectal Carcinoma
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• GO — Guest Observer
• GCM — General Circulation Model
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• PM — Particulate Matter
• DPU — data processing unit
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• CD — Celiac Disease
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• CDC — Child Development Centre
• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• CHP — Combined heat and power

• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• ID — IDentifier
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• S/W — Software
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• SO4 — Sulfate radical

• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• CFH — Complement Factor H
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons
• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• ISU — International Space University
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• IPY — International Polar Year
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• NOS — National Ocean Service
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• RS — Remote Sensing
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction

• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• OP — Office of the President
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• CG — Complementation Group
• DOY — Day of Year
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• LE — Low Energy
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface

• APC — Activated Protein C
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• SWT — Science Working Team
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• LED — Liquid Emitting Diode
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• AL — Ad libitum
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• CE — Cholesterol Ester
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• AP — Anomalous Propagation
• DEC — Declination
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite

• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid
• ND — NASA Document
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• THR — Thrust
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• HE — High Energy
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• DEMUX — Demultiplexer
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita

• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• UT — Universal Time
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
• BSI — British Standards Institution
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• CHB — congenital heart block
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• CD — Conduct Disorder
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• TMU — Transmission Message Unit
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• ADD — Architectural Design Document
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
• AI — Association Index
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth

• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• MSS — Mission Support System
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• MB — Millibar(s)
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• RTF — Return To Flight
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• IA — Interactive
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• WEC — World Energy Council
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• AUM — Asymmetric Unit Membrane
• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)

• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• IDC — Indirect Costs
• NIR — Near Infrared
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• AO — Acridine Orange
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• ADG — Average Daily Gain
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• RSS — root-sum-square
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• CDL — California Digital Library
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• CSU — Cleveland State University
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• RD — Reference Document
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• SAST — Science Analysis Software Team
• QSR — Quality System Regulation

• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• CFA — colony forming assay
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction
• TA — Teaching Assistant
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• TM — Telemetry
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe
• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• CDR — Common Deleted Region
• BOL — Beginning of Life

• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain
• AAD — Age at Diagnosis
• EJ — Expansion Joint
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• JD — Julian Day
• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma
• AD — Applicable Document
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• CDM — Common Data Model
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• IPA — Individual Practice Association
• BC — Breast Cancer
• J.D. — Juris Doctor degree
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System

• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• RA — Research Assistant
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• CKI — casein kinase I
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• VIS — Visible
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• PSU — power supply unit
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• KEV — kilo electron volts

• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• CH — Cluster Headache
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• NCOS — National Commission on Space
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• TTA — Time to Apogee
• SI — Solar Influences
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• FTS — File Transfer System
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• V&V — Validation & Verification
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• AR — Aldose Reductase
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• UT — University of Tennessee
• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• AO — Agent Orange
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• EE — End-to-End
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• DU — Dobson Unit
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency

• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• VT — Visual Testing
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• IC — Instrument Controller
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
• STI — Steel Tank Institute
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• UW — University of Washington
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• GTI — Good Time Interval
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• AAO — Age At Onset
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• AB — Alcian Blue
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project

• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• SPP — Solar Physics Payload
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• S/C — Spacecraft
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• CATS — Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequence
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• VAN — Value-Added Network
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• GCC — Global Change Category

• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• EC — executive committee
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• CON — Certificate Of Need
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• TC — Telecommand
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer

• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• PI — Principle Investigator
• OSU — Oregon State University
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation
• MDR — Medical Device Register
• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment
• CD — Chemistry Division
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease
• STC — Science and Technology Center
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells

• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• CM — complete mole
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• CL — Cleft Lip
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• AII — Angiotensin II
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• AD — After Disease
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• AAP — amino acid permease
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• TBW — To Be Written

• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• LH — Labor-Hour
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• CE — cornified envelope
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• MIR — Management Information Report
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• PD — Photo Diode
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology
• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• AGT — average generation time
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• GLI — Global Imager
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• MDMA — Medical Device Manufacturers Association
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• CB — Ciliary Body
• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• CDS — commonly deleted segment
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• ASMCS — Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• MEV — mega electron volts
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• SSS — Social Studies of Science
• DOF — Department of Finance
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• CH — cystic hygroma
• DAL — Data Access Layer
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance

• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• CLG — Certified Local Government
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• UNEX — University Extension
• JET-X — Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• QM — Qualification Model
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• RA — Right Ascension
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• JRC — Joint Research Center
• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution
• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association

• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• CM — Centimetre
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• SVT — System Validation Test
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell

• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight
• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• CD — cortical dysplasia
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• ANO — Any Other
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• CL — cystic lymphangioma
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• OOA — Object-Oriented Analysis
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• AS — Alport syndrome
• AEL — After Egg Laying
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• CB — cord blood
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)

• AO — Amine Oxidase
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• BA — benzoic acid
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• AP — arterial pressure
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• BD — binding domain
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• ELC — Eligibility in the Local Context
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• CGC — Climate and Global Change
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• CC — corpus callosum
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment

• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• CL — chromosome loss
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum
• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• CF — Correction Factor
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• CE — central element
• AMFR — Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State
• BA — biliary atresia
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• ATC — Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• CM — Capillary malformation
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• NIC — National Ice Center

• ALE/GAGE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• ERM — EPIC Radiation Monitor
• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• CC — colorectal cancer
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• BAUD — one bit per second
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• AL — annulate lamellae
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs
• CDM — Chemically Defined Medium
• F&A — Facilities and Administrative
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• AE — anion exchanger
• PS — Project Scientist
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator
• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• CF — Culture fluid
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.

• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• NH3 — Ammonia
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• AGM — African green monkey
• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• AHF — Altered Hepatic Foci
• CORP — Corporation
• AK — acetate kinase
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• AS — Acid Succinate
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• CDD — Cytidine Deaminase
• CCM — community climate model
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• BC — breast carcinoma
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• OM — Optical Monitor
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• H/K — Housekeeping
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• ED — Energy Division
• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• ASPS — Acid Shock Proteins
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• CA — chromosome aberration
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System

• AAU — Association of African Universities
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• CC — congenital cataract
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• POSS II — Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, second version
• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• LCLIYMUUCADULFW.S — le cock la in your mouth until u choke and die u lazy fucking whore. slut
• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies
• DO — Diving Officer
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• STR — Star TRacker
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• AE — Attaching and effacing
• CFSS — common fragile sites
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat
• AJ — adherens junction
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation
• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• AP — Apple Proliferation
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International

• AP — accelerated phase
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• POWER — Program on Workable Energy Regulation
• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network
• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• AM — Achillea Millefolium
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account
• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• CC — Carney complex
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• MCR — Main Control Room
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
• CF — Clastogenic factor
• MOUT — Message Out
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• STG — Steering Group
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• EMDU — EPIC MOS Data Handling Unit
• DST — Data Systems Test

• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• AC — Amylose Content
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• CD — Chromatin Diminution
• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• BF — Basal Forebrain
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• VLA — Very Large Array
• I&T — Integration and Testing
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• AS — alternative splicing
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• AO — Airway obstruction
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• HK — HouseKeeping Data
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• SSC-DB — Survey Science Centre Database
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• CD — Cowden Disease
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• MDA — Medical Device Amendments
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• AO — active oxygen
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• AHF — Attitude History File
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• AN — accessory nuclei

• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• D/C — diarrhea constipation
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• HED — High Energy Detector
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• AD — Agar Dilution
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• CF — culture filtrate
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• BE — Branching Enzyme

• AM — Acral Melanoma
• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
• CBS — classic Bartter syndrome
• GEMS — Great Expectations in Math & Science Program
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• CF — colony formation
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• COR — Committee on Research
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• AK — Arginine kinase
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• CD — cytochalasin D
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory

• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• ERICA — Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• AP — amyloid plaques
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• FAUI — Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors
• PDTS — PPS Data Transfer System
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft
• CI — centromeric index
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• STC — Steering Committee
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• AM — Admixture Mapping
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• CE — colony efficiency
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• AF — activation function
• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma
• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• CH — congenital hydrocephalus
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• CH — chloral hydrate
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)

• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• DSWM — Division of Solid Waste Management
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• CG — cortical granule
• CDC — Cell Division Control
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• IBIS — Image on-Board INTEGRAL Spacecraft
• TCP/IP — Networking Protocol used on Internet
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• SI — Systeme International
• DWS — Division of Water Supply
• PT — Pass-Through
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services
• ORS — Outer root sheath
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• AREP — Assembly Representation
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• HAACP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner
• WCSP — World Congress of Science Producers
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli
• TOO — Target Of Opportunity
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• CB — carotid body
• GSM — Ground Segment Manager
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• CC — Cell Counts

• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• CAO — Chlorophyll A Oxygenase
• DP — dermal papilla
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• CCA — Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
• DB — Diversion Box
• AS — Active sleep
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope
• SSI — Serial Synchronous Interface
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
• CF — competence factor
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
• FDR — Flight Dynamics Room
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• CC — Cumulus cells
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• AH — aniline hydrochloride
• MBBNET — Minnesota Biomedical Business Network
• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)
• AR — apoptotic rate
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries
• BCG — bacillus of Calmette and Guérin
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging

• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• IFS — SSC-SOC Interface Sub-system
• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• AE — Axial Element
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• RFC — RGS Focal Camera Unit
• DPSS — Data Product Screening Sub-system
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• AC — Academic Council
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• ARRP — Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa
• AD — axiodistal
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• UCT — Universal Time Code
• CCST — California Council on Science & Technology
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• GGI — GPS Geoscience Instrument
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• ASCA — Japanese X-Ray Astronomy satellite launched 1993
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid

• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale
• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• CH — Calponin homology
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
• CD — Canavan disease
• WFC — Wide-Field Camera
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• ESD — Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• CE — clonal evolution
• EDU — Event Detection Unit
• AQS — Air Quality System
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation
• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics
• BD — Birth Defects
• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• AK — Adenosine Kinase
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• WDC — World Data Centre
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer
• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• UCM — University of California, Merced
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
• CE — cellular extract
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response

• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• MT — Measured Time
• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• BCRS — Breakpoint Cluster Regions
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• NDO — National Diving Officer
• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
• AP — Adaptor Protein
• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• CD — Congenital Defects
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• SSO — Solar System Object
• ANT — Attention Network Test
• MH — Message Handling
• CM — Congenital Malformations
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• ER-2 — Earth Resources, #2
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• AU — Atomic Units
• CI — Chromosome Index
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• NDSC — Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• LSU — Louisana State University
• USAEC — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• FDAMA — FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• AN — Alkaline Nuclease
• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• ANDI — American Nitrox Divers Incorporated
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• CM — contrast media
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• UEXT — University Extension
• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)
• RMF — Response Matrix File

• AR — adaptive response
• BC — Brain Cancer
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• GCF — Ground Calibration File
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis
• CD — Conjugated dienes
• SID — Structure Identifier
• UCR — University Of Costa Rica
• CI — Cephalic Index
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• CI — cardiac involvement
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• GRO — Gamma-Ray Observatory
• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• HC — Heater Controller
• EPCS — EPIC pn Camera System
• AS — Aldosterone Synthase
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
• EDH — EPIC Data Handling Unit
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)
• PDIC — Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International; Diving Instruction Organization.
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• ECB — Educational Communications Board
• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• APU — Academic Program Unit
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)
• NIMBUS — NASA Meteorological Satellites (1 through 7)
• RAID — Redundant of Inexpensive Discs
• DES — Divers Environmental Survey

• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• CD — Crohn disease
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• AD — Arginine Deiminase
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• UKMO — United Kingdom Meteorological Office
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• AI — allelic imbalance
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon
• PCMS — PPS Control & Monitoring System
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• AVTD — Anomalous Viscosity Time Dependence
• AI — apoptotic index
• AH — Albumen Height
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology
• CM — cisterna magna
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements
• K-S — Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic
• MODIS-N — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Nadir
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit

• DPU — digital processing unit
• ERMS — EPIC Radiation Monitor System
• AM — Affected Male
• SCED — Engineering Department at ESOC
• IST — integrated systems test
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• USCE — United States Corps of Engineers
• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• SIP — Sickness Index Profile
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• NIES — National Institute For Environmental Studies (Japan)
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit
• GFURD — Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
• DODS — Distributed Ocean Data System
• JCEE — Joint Conference of EARMA and Euroscience
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• UT-K — University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• CA — Chromosome Analysis
• FIMR — Finnish Institute of Marine Research
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• CBAH — Conjugated Bile Acid Hydrolase
• BC — blast crisis
• PN — p-type/n-type semiconductor
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• DBI — Digital Bus Interface
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• APID — APPLICATION IDENTIFIER
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• CA — Cavernous Angiomas
• CA — Constitutively Active
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
• CC — Cellular Cycle
• UADE — Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects

• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• GLRS-A — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter (see GLAS)
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• CC — complete chimerism
• IGETC — Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• ASTEX — Atlantic STratus EXperiment
• OODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• CC — Conventional Cytogenetic
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• IMG — Interferometric Monitor of Greenhouse Gases
• CAPSTRANS — Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• BA — Bone Age
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• WPD — War Plans Division
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• CAMEX — Convection and Moisture Experiment
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• CHAT — Choline Acetyltransferase
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
• SAS — Science Analysis Subsystem
• CANSO — California Articulation Number System Office
• P/A — PreAmplifier
• BC — Binucleated Cells
• UNIPROT — Universal Protein Resource
• MPU — Mission Planning Unit
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• ISSP — Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System
• CHF — Calibration History File
• DISC — optical media (CDs)
• CD — circular dichroic
• CONUS — Continental U.S.

• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• CCP — Cytochrome C Peroxidase
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• GISST — Global sea Ice Coverage and Sea Surface Temperature
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• IFCC — International Federation of Clinical Chemists
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• DXRB — Diffuse X-Ray Background
• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• CUA — Circumpolar Universities Association
• ACDS — Archival Catalogue and Database Subsystem
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• AD — Affecting Disease
• IOSDL — Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory
• ADAM — Astronomical Data Acquisition and Management
• ISME — Instrument Software Maintenance Environment
• LORAN — Long-Range Navigation
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• STSCI — Space Telescope Institute
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• AU — Activity Units
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• NINA — Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• IAS — Interactive Analysis Subsystem
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• ERMD — EPIC Radiation Monitor Detector
• UCCP — UC College Preparatory Initiative
• FM — Frequency Modulator
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• ODF — Observation Data File
• CADC — Canadian Astrophysical Data Centre
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• OAB — Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
• CD — cytosine deaminase
• MOD — Mission Operations Department
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• HDU — Header Data Unit
• CH — Channel Header
• AVR — Acute Vascular Rejection
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
• ODS — Operational Data Server
• MOHSST — Met Office Historical Sea Surface Temperature
• TOBI — Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument
• LU — Leicester University
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
• I&R — Instruction & Research

• SOE — Security of Employment
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• MPE — Max Planck Institut fur Extaterrestrische Physik, Garching
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• SASI — Statistical Analysis Systems Institute (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• ITIR — Infrared Thermal Imaging Radiometer (renamed ASTER)
• GSRR — Ground Segment Requirements Review
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• CET — Central England Temperature
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• MODB — MOC Operational Database
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• ICB — Instrument Control Bus
• EPIC — European Photon Imaging Camera
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• RIS — reflector in space (laser beam adsorption, measures O3, CFCs, etc.)
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• EMCR — EPIC MOS Control,Event Analyzer and Recognition Unit
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• MIRD — Mission Implementation Requirements Documents
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• ASUC — Associated Students of the University of California
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Plan
• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom
• DPI — Derived Product Imagery
• MMIC — Medical Manufacturers' Information Council
• MSU — Memphis State University
• EFSC — Eastern Food Science Conference
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• LAMBADA — Large Scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazonia using Data Assimilation (BAHC/GEWEX)
• POSIX — Portbale Operating System Interface
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• CTS — Committee on Teaching of Science
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• MOS — Metal Oxide Semi-conductor
• BIO — Bedford Institute of Oceanography
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center

• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• OMC — Optical Monitoring Camera
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• AP — Antimicrobial Peptides
• ARIEL-5 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1974
• QLA — Quicklook Analysis
• ESTEC — European Space TEchnical Center
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Procedures
• EPDU — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus
• VCP — Voluntary Cooperation Program (Equipment and Services) (UN)
• TSTRP — Toxic Substance Research and Training Program
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• AH — anterior horn
• HTRM — High Time Resolution Mode
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
• DPP — Digital Preprocessor
• DLS — Division of Laboratory Services
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• APP — Abeta precursor protein
• APF — Attitude Parameter File
• NEDU — Naval Experimental Diving Unit
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• PGO — Principal Guest Observer
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format
• UM — Unified Model
• AI — Adiposity Index
• AFM — Array File Maker
• CA — Candida albicans
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• CFHT — Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, on Mauna Kea
• TRC — The Research Corporation
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors
• ODE — Office of Device Evaluation
• GINGA — Japanese X-Ray astronomy mission launched 1987
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• PX — XMM Project
• SCSI — Small Computer Systems Interface, a common disc interface
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
• SUPARCO — Space of Upper Atmosphere Research Committee
• NARSTO — North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
• RGS — Reflection Grating Subsytem
• ICU — Instrument Controller Unit

• SEC — Science Executive Committee of the IWG
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• BUCHE — ButyrylCholine Estérase
• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• ISS — Integrated Switching System
• NIPR — National Institute of Polar Research
• CA — common antigen
• UCOP — University of California, Office of the President
• RAE — RGS Analogue Electronics
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• AWD — Abdominal Wall Defects
• OPSNET — Operational Network
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• MSIM — Mirror Simulator
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• UCO — UC Observatories
• NISDN — Narrowband Integrated-Services Digital Network
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• EPVC — EPIC pn Low Voltage Converter Unit
• IPF — Immediate Parameter File
• NDC — National Diving Council
• EHWD — Enhanced Hot Water Drill
• APH — Attitude Pointing History
• CA — Children Age
• KAL — Keep Alive Loop
• ESIS — European Southern Observatory
• COHMEX — Cooperative Huntsville Meteorological Experiment
• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• MIPAS — Michelson Interferometric Passive Atmosphere Sounder
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment
• SDF — Slew Data File
• CD — Cone Degeneration
• AK — activated killer
• AMW-DB — Archive of Multi-Wavelength Data
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring
• MRF — Met Office Research Flight
• CDS — Centre de Donnees Stellaires
• PBPK — Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• PRARE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment
• ASI — Advanced Study Institute (NATO)
• SMHI — Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• CI — chromosomal instability
• OSW — OM Science Window
• VISSR — Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES)
• MPI — Minnesota Project Innovation

• SHF — Short History File
• ISIM — Instrument Simulator
• SOR — Standing Orders of the Regents
• NACD — National Association for Cave Diving
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• AT — Autologous Transplantation
• ISVF — Instrument Validation Facility
• CAL-ISI — California Institutes for Science & Innovation
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• HKD — Housekeeping Data
• RGA — RGS Grating Assembly
• VIRTEM — Validation of IASI Radiative Transfer: Experiments and Modelling
• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• OBS — On-Board Software
• HER — High Energy Resolution
• ISI — Infrared Space Observatory
• AS — autologous serum
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflective Distribution Function
• SDOH — SOC Data Operations Handbook
• GSR — Graduate Student Researcher
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• LDRD — Laboratory-Directed Research and Development
• DOIT — Department Of Information Technology (UW-MSN)
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• DENIS — Deep Near-Infra-red Survey
• SASS — Standard Analysis Software System
• PMA — Premarket Application
• EPOS — Enhanced Preferred Observation Schedule
• MOC — XMM Mission Operation Centre
• DP — Data Products
• JOIDES — Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
• OM1 — OM Telescope Unit
• SDM — SOC Development Manager
• PPG — Preliminary Planning Guide
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• UVPI — Ultraviolet Plume Instrument
• CWS — Committee on World Standards
• IOTP — International Ozone Trands Panel
• ICAS — Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senate
• P&T — Privilege & Tenure Committee
• NSTX — Neosaxitoxin
• BS — Binary Star
• EMSS — Einstein Medium Sensitivity Survey
• OBSW — On-Board Software
• CVS — Concurrent Version System
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• DAC — Digital to Analogue Conversion
• OECA — Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

• D-E — Dermoepidermal
• GRD — Government Relations Director
• CSMP — Climate System Modeling Project
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual
• TRACT — Transport of Pollutants over Complex Terrain (EUROTRAC)
• ML — Maximum-Likelihood
• PIEAS — Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Appliead Sciences
• COTF — Commission on the Future
• PERL — Interactive programming language available for Unix
• ISS — Instrument Software System
• CARE — Cholesterol and Recurrent Events
• MMDB — Mirror Metrology Database
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• USCOE — United States Corps of Engineers
• TROPOZ — Tropospheric Ozone Expedition
• UARC — University Affiliated Research Center
• MTSU — Middle Tennessee State University's
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• SOPH — SOC Operation Procedures Handbook
• SCARABE — Scanning Radiation Budget Experiment
• TIMEX — Time Multiplexer
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• RAPS — radiologists, anesthesiologists, and pathologists
• DAO — Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
• SAG — Science Advisory Group
• BAHC — Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP programme)
• IDOH — Instrument Data Operations Handbook
• OTAC — Observing Time Allocation Committee
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer
• SRAM — Sequential Random Access Memory
• UGAMP — Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme
• RGIT — Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology
• HROI — High Resolution Optical Instrument
• AIMS — Australian Institute of Marine Science
• NEJAC — National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• FTOOLS — FITS-based software utilities developed at GSFC
• HTR — High Time Resolution
• SGS — Sequence Generation Subsystem
• PHA — Pulse Height Amplitude
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• ST-ECF — Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
• GT — Guaranteed Time
• HSPC — Human Subjects Protection Committee
• UCEI — UC Energy Institute
• SSID — Survey Science Interface Document
• OM2 — OM Digital Electronics Unit
• UT-BATTELLE — University of Tennessee-Battelle
• ARSLOE — Atlantic Remote Sensing Land/Ocean Experiment
• GSITT — Segment Integration and Test Team

• METEOR — USSR Operational Weather Satellite
• VILSPA — Villafranca Station at Villafranca del Castillo, Spain
• COR — Council of Research
• MM — Mirror Model
• BF — Bomb Factory
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• LOS — Loss of Signal
• RPC — RGS Power Converter
• CIDC — Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection
• BC — Branhamella catarrhalis
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• CA — Colanic Acid
• CSM — Comprehensive System Model
• TDF — Transaction Data File
• ACUNS — Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
• ANRHRD — Air, Noise and Radiation Health Research Division
• SAT — Sulphuric Acid Tetrahydrate
• SIO — Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
• UWERN — University WEather Research Network
• MD — Medium Frequency
• CAL — Calibration Access Layer
• ARF — An Ancillary Response File
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• MDR — Medical Device Reports
• OPIA — Optical Precision Instrument Associates
• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia
• EUCOMED — European Confederation of Medical Suppliers Associations
• BC — Bovine Conglutinin
• UNIS — University Centre in Svalbard
• SIMBAD — Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data
• AE — Effective Area
• SOVT — System Operations Validation Tests
• CRF — Calibration Resource File
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• ESOC — European Satellite Operation Centre
• SPEVAL — Spacecraft Evaluation System
• ISA — Institute for System Analysis
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• ICC — Intersegmental Coordinating Committee
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nucleus
• CSI — Coastal Studies Institute (LSU)
• TSU — Tennessee State University
• SCIAMACHY — SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter For Atmospheric CHartographY
• EMCH — EPIC MOS Focal Camera Head Unit
• ERME — EPIC Radiation Monitor Electronics
• JPOP — Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
• CAS — Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)
• OSIM — OM Simulator

• SIP — Scientific Operations Centre Implementation Plan
• LEDPA — Least Environmental Damaging Plan Alternative
• XIMAGE — Image Display Package, part of XANADU
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• PCS — Payload Calibration Subsystem
• WIMP — Window, Icon, Menu and Pop-up
• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• EPEA — EPIC p-n Event Analyser
• CMS — Control & Monitoring System
• OSF1 — Open Systems Foundation brand of Unix
• CAR — Cytokinetic Actomyosin Ring
• CA — Cyclopiazonic Acid
• XID — X-Ray Identification
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• NEFCO — Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• UCOC — University Committee on Committees
• DCR — Dedicated Control Room
• DPS — Division of Planetary Science
• PI — Position Invariant
• BD — Bone Density
• SSD — Space Science Department
• STD — Salinity/Temperature/Depth
• EUVE — Extreme Ultra-Violet Explorer
• VOB — Vertical Optical Branch
• EXSAS — Extended Scientific Analysis System
• ASTERIX — X-Ray astronomy data analysis package for Starlink ADAM environment
• POS — Preferred Observation Schedule
• CD — Complete Deficiency
• UER — University-Emeriti Relations Committee
• URGENT — Urban ReGeneration and the ENvironmenT
• CAN — California Articulation Number
• APM — Automatic Plate Measurement
• PMS — Payload Monitoring Subsystem
• CSIM — Cosmic Simulator
• BC — biotin carboxylase
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• MA — Mirror Assembly
• CDT — Catalogues and Databases Team
• UCEAP — University Committee on Education Abroad Program
• CCLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
• MSSL — Mullard Space Science Laboratory, College London
• PMC — Pressure-Modulator Cell
• TGEI — Tennessee Government Executive Institute
• DPSST — Data Product Screening Software Team
• AGO — automated geophysical observatories
• CC — Condensed chromatin
• CRI — Committee on Research Initiatives
• EMCV — EPIC MOS Low Voltage Converter Unit

• UCOPE — University Committee on Preparatory Education
• PM — Protocol Machine
• SQHUW — Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• ED — Event Designator
• XSELECT — Data selection and binning tool, part of FTOOLS package
• IPP — Instrument Programmable Parameter
• EPCH — EPIC pn Focal Camera Head Unit
• POCE — Pantone Open Color Environment
• EPS — European Polar Satellite
• ISDN — Switching Digital Network
• SPACON — Spacecraft Controller
• WCPS — Women's Caucus for Political Science
• MA — Medical Alley
• SMT — Software Maintenance Team
• SPE — Solar Proton Event
• BHTA — British Healthcare Trades Industry
• MVCA — Minnesota Venture Capital Association
• NAS — National Academy of the Sciences
• NWRI — National Water Research Institute (Canada)
• CC — Cleavable Complex
• POC — Panel of Counselors
• AMS — Archive Management Subsystem
• OSC — Offline Satellite Calibration
• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• SLATEC — Sanida Los Alamos Technical Exchange Committee
• SSC — Survey Science Centre for XMM
• RRA — ROSAT Results Archive
• REACH — REmote Access to Circular History-files
• CPG — Calibration Proposal Generation
• XSPEC — X-Ray spectral analysis package, part of XANADU
• SA — Astrophysics Division
• AIP — Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
• SSRD — Specific Science Requirements Document
• PSF — Planning Skeleton File
• PMU — Payload Monitoring Unit
• SCIGETC — Science Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• COC — Council of Chancellors
• UOSAT — University Of Surrey Satellite
• RTA — Real-Time Analysis
• CC — Classical Cytogenetic
• CAT — Carbon Dioxide Absorption Technique
• PIER — Public Interest Energy Research Program
• DC — Detector Controller (DXS)
• CTTCA — California Technology Trade & Commerce Agency
• ALPTRAC — High Alpine Aerosol and Snow Chemistry Study (EUROTRAC)
• WCSJ — World Conference of Science Journalists
• CCC — California Community Colleges
• SUTI — Sensitive but Unclassified Technical Information
• SPI — Spectrometer for INTEGRAL
• DAP — Dual Admissions Program

• SCISIM — Science Simulator
• EARTHKAM — Earth Knowledge Acquired By Middle-schoolers
• RSIM — RGS Simulator
• SIRD — SOC Implementation Requirements Document
• CFA — Centre for Astrophysics
• COC — Committee on Committees
• SFOM — SOC Facility Operations Manual
• SOC — Science Operations Centre for XMM
• ICS — Instrument Command Sequence
• PRF — Point Response Subsystem
• SMM — Stratosphere Mesosphere Model
• PHS — Proposal Handling Subsystem
• PPM — Position and Proper Motion
• ODS — Observation Datafile Subsystem
• SIP — Short Implementation Plan
• SD — Screening Device
• SS — Survey Scientist for XMM
• ISI — Institute for Scientific Information
• BSM — Baseline Spectroscopy
• SCC — Spacecraft Coordinates
• PST — Project Science Team
• SIM — Simulation Section
• MP — Mission Planning

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