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

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

• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• ESA — European Space Agency
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• CD — Compact Disc
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• DOT — Department of Transport
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• CGI — Common Gateway Interface
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• FY — Fiscal Year
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• DBMS — Database Management System
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• RAM — random-access memory
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• EOL — End Of Life
• AD — autistic disorder
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• W — Watt
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• CRS — Congressional Research Service
• ACF — Autocorrelation Function
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• EC — European Commission
• POE — Point of Entry
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• TB — Tuberculosis

• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• NM — Nanometer
• MB — Megabyte
• BFGF — Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• RIXOS — ROSAT International X-Ray optical Survey
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• DNS — Domain Name System
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• ANP — Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• GO — General Observer
• ATN — Acute Tubular Necrosis
• ROI — Return on Investment
• AMA — American Medical Association
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• CIN — Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• ANC — Absolute Neutrophil Count
• URD — User Requirements Document
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• MDCK — Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
• CS — Computer Science
• ABA — American Bar Association
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• KG — Kilogram

• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• AU — Astronomical Unit
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• BPS — bits per second
• PT — Physical Therapy
• TBC — To Be Confirmed
• CC — Colon Cancer
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature
• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• DC — Direct Current
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• 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
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• O3 — Ozone
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• ADS — Astrophysics Data System
• AF — Air Force
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• CRF — Case Report Form
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume

• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• SIR — Shuttle Imaging Radar
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• EM — Electromagnetic
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• 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.
• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• DOC — Doctor
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• CC — Colorectal Carcinoma
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)

• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• POS — Point of Service Plan
• BMA — British Medical Association
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• SCR — Software Change Request
• LF — Low Frequency
• CW — Continuous Wave
• O2 — Oxygen
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• CDF — Common Data Format
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• 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.")
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• M — Million
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• RCS — Revision Control System
• C — Centigrade

• IR — Infrared
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
• GO — Guest Observer
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• GB — Gigabyte
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• HV — High Voltage
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• SPR — Software Problem Report
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• GCM — General Circulation Model
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• CH — Channel
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery

• SCB — Software Control Board
• NRC — National Response Center
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker
• CD — Celiac Disease
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• WFC — World Food Council
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• HF — High Frequency
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• ESL — English as a second language
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• IPY — International Polar Year
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• CC — Combined Cycle
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• PM — Particulate Matter
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas

• TED — Total Energy Detector
• C — Celsius
• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• LHV — lower heating value
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• WG — Working Group
• TB — Terabyte
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• AY — Academic Year
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
• AE — Adverse Event
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia

• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• DOS — United States Department of State
• EC — European Community
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• OP — Office of the President
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board
• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• SAST — Science Analysis Software Team
• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• UC — University of California
• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• SWT — Science Working Team
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• G — Gram (g)
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• RTF — Return To Flight
• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• AP — Anomalous Propagation
• RS — Remote Sensing
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• NDA — New Drug Application
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct

• CE — Cholesterol Ester
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• DEC — Declination
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• CPI — characters per inch
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
• LED — Liquid Emitting Diode
• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• AO — Acridine Orange
• ISU — International Space University
• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• APC — Activated Protein C
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• ADD — Architectural Design Document
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave

• ND — NASA Document
• DPU — data processing unit
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska
• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• THR — Thrust
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• CDL — California Digital Library
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe
• CFH — Complement Factor H
• LE — Low Energy

• CD — Conduct Disorder
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• CDC — Child Development Centre
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• HE — High Energy
• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• TM — Telemetry
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)
• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• CHB — congenital heart block
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• IPA — Individual Practice Association
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B

• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
• NOS — National Ocean Service
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• IA — Interactive
• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• JD — Julian Day
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• CSU — Cleveland State University
• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• TMU — Transmission Message Unit
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• DEMUX — Demultiplexer

• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• CFA — colony forming assay
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• BPI — bits per inch
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• AL — Ad libitum
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• ID — IDentifier
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• IDC — Indirect Costs
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• UT — Universal Time
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• CDR — Common Deleted Region
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• BSI — British Standards Institution
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance

• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• S/W — Software
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• CDM — Common Data Model
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• CG — Complementation Group
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation

• RD — Reference Document
• CON — Certificate Of Need
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• VT — Visual Testing
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• AUM — Asymmetric Unit Membrane
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• NCOS — National Commission on Space
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• CO-I — Co-Investigator

• AR — Aldose Reductase
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• QSR — Quality System Regulation
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• IC — Instrument Controller
• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• TTA — Time to Apogee
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• RSS — root-sum-square
• GTI — Good Time Interval
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• WEC — World Energy Council
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• UW — University of Washington

• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• BC — Breast Cancer
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• RA — Right Ascension
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• AD — Applicable Document
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• DOY — Day of Year
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• AO — Agent Orange

• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• CKI — casein kinase I
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• CH — Cluster Headache
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• UT — University of Tennessee
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• STC — Science and Technology Center
• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• SPP — Solar Physics Payload
• JRC — Joint Research Center
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor

• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• AAO — Age At Onset
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• ADG — Average Daily Gain
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• AI — Association Index
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• STI — Steel Tank Institute
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• MSS — Mission Support System
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• AB — Alcian Blue
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• EC — executive committee
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate
• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• AAD — Age at Diagnosis
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
• PS — Project Scientist
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain

• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• TC — Telecommand
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable
• CD — Chemistry Division
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• MB — Millibar(s)
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• PSU — power supply unit
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• QM — Qualification Model
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency

• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• RA — Research Assistant
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• NIC — National Ice Center
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research
• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• SDE — Software Development Environment
• EJ — Expansion Joint
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• SI — Solar Influences
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• CB — cord blood
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association
• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)

• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• SSS — Social Studies of Science
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• J.D. — Juris Doctor degree
• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• PI — Principle Investigator
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• NIR — Near Infrared
• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell
• PD — Photo Diode
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• CM — complete mole
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks

• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• TBW — To Be Written
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• AL — annulate lamellae
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• ATC — Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors
• LH — Labor-Hour
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• DOF — Department of Finance
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• CLG — Certified Local Government
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• MDMA — Medical Device Manufacturers Association
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• CC — corpus callosum
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• MIR — Management Information Report

• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• AO — Amine Oxidase
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• MDR — Medical Device Register
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• AAP — amino acid permease
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• TA — Teaching Assistant
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
• CL — Cleft Lip
• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer

• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• AM — Acral Melanoma
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• AP — arterial pressure
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens

• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• FTS — File Transfer System
• CDS — commonly deleted segment
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• BD — binding domain
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• NH3 — Ammonia
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• DU — Dobson Unit
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications
• AII — Angiotensin II
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• BA — biliary atresia
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia

• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
• UNEX — University Extension
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• AEL — After Egg Laying
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• OM — Optical Monitor
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• CD — cortical dysplasia
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.
• CB — Ciliary Body
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• BA — benzoic acid
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• VAN — Value-Added Network
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• JET-X — Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
• EE — End-to-End
• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• AGM — African green monkey
• AJ — adherens junction
• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• AE — anion exchanger

• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• CE — central element
• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• GCC — Global Change Category
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor
• AD — Agar Dilution
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• AE — Axial Element
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi
• CE — cornified envelope
• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• AHF — Altered Hepatic Foci
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• AK — acetate kinase
• CH — cystic hygroma
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• S/C — Spacecraft
• DO — Diving Officer
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• SVT — System Validation Test
• CG — cortical granule
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer

• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• CC — colorectal cancer
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• VIS — Visible
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum
• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• AD — axiodistal
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• EMDU — EPIC MOS Data Handling Unit
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle

• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• AMFR — Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• V&V — Validation & Verification
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• CF — Correction Factor
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• AO — active oxygen
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• AO — Airway obstruction
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital

• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• DST — Data Systems Test
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem
• FAUI — Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• TOO — Target Of Opportunity
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• AP — accelerated phase
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• AF — activation function
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution
• CF — Clastogenic factor
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• AP — amyloid plaques
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• AD — After Disease
• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• DAL — Data Access Layer
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• GSM — Ground Segment Manager
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• AE — Attaching and effacing
• CD — cytochalasin D
• AGT — average generation time
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• AHF — Attitude History File
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program

• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• CC — congenital cataract
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• CGC — Climate and Global Change
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• CM — Capillary malformation
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• DP — dermal papilla
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation

• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• CL — cystic lymphangioma
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• STR — Star TRacker
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• AS — Alport syndrome
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• CH — Calponin homology
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• CH — chloral hydrate
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• MCR — Main Control Room
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• OOA — Object-Oriented Analysis
• CF — Culture fluid
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• CD — Chromatin Diminution

• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• AR — apoptotic rate
• CFSS — common fragile sites
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute
• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
• GLI — Global Imager
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute
• CM — contrast media
• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• AR — adaptive response
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• ERICA — Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)

• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• MDA — Medical Device Amendments
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State
• ORS — Outer root sheath
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• SID — Structure Identifier
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• MT — Measured Time
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)
• CD — Cowden Disease
• DWS — Division of Water Supply
• CF — colony formation
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services

• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• AK — Arginine kinase
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• MOUT — Message Out
• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• AH — aniline hydrochloride
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• BC — breast carcinoma
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• CL — chromosome loss
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• ED — Energy Division
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• CF — culture filtrate
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)

• AP — Apple Proliferation
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• DES — Divers Environmental Survey
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• AN — accessory nuclei
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• AD — Arginine Deiminase
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli
• CDD — Cytidine Deaminase
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• AM — Admixture Mapping
• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• H/K — Housekeeping
• CM — Centimetre
• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)

• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• BAUD — one bit per second
• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• AP — Adaptor Protein
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer
• AI — Adiposity Index
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• CB — carotid body
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• ANT — Attention Network Test
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• ASPS — Acid Shock Proteins
• CBS — classic Bartter syndrome
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• CD — Canavan disease

• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• PDIC — Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International; Diving Instruction Organization.
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• CC — Carney complex
• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• CDC — Cell Division Control
• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging
• BC — Brain Cancer
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)
• AS — Active sleep
• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation
• AI — apoptotic index
• CDM — Chemically Defined Medium
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• RAID — Redundant of Inexpensive Discs
• FDAMA — FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• AS — Acid Succinate
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• CD — Congenital Defects
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention
• CM — cisterna magna
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• UEXT — University Extension
• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells

• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• CBAH — Conjugated Bile Acid Hydrolase
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial
• D/C — diarrhea constipation
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• CE — colony efficiency
• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• DBI — Digital Bus Interface
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• PDTS — PPS Data Transfer System
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• AS — alternative splicing
• CI — Chromosome Index
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• CAO — Chlorophyll A Oxygenase
• AREP — Assembly Representation
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies
• CE — clonal evolution
• UCT — Universal Time Code
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference

• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• AAU — Association of African Universities
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)
• F&A — Facilities and Administrative
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• MEV — mega electron volts
• VLA — Very Large Array
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• FM — Frequency Modulator
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• CD — Conjugated dienes
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• POSS II — Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, second version
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• BF — Basal Forebrain
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• AI — allelic imbalance
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma
• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon
• BE — Branching Enzyme
• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• AH — anterior horn
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
• AC — Academic Council
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• SCED — Engineering Department at ESOC
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• AT — Autologous Transplantation
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel

• ARRP — Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• WPD — War Plans Division
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• IAS — Interactive Analysis Subsystem
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
• WFC — Wide-Field Camera
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• CA — Candida albicans
• COR — Committee on Research
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• PI — Position Invariant
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• LSU — Louisana State University
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• CC — Cumulus cells
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• ANO — Any Other
• AVTD — Anomalous Viscosity Time Dependence
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• BA — Bone Age
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase

• AK — Adenosine Kinase
• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
• CCP — Cytochrome C Peroxidase
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• MH — Message Handling
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• CF — competence factor
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• MSU — Memphis State University
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• AQS — Air Quality System
• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• CA — Colanic Acid
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• CCA — Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• CA — Constitutively Active
• IST — integrated systems test
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• ALE/GAGE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• HAACP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program
• CONUS — Continental U.S.
• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth

• SSO — Solar System Object
• CI — centromeric index
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• AM — Achillea Millefolium
• FDR — Flight Dynamics Room
• CUA — Circumpolar Universities Association
• ANDI — American Nitrox Divers Incorporated
• PT — Pass-Through
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• AFM — Array File Maker
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• AD — Affecting Disease
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• CCM — community climate model
• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• MIRD — Mission Implementation Requirements Documents
• DPU — digital processing unit
• CC — Cell Counts
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• EDH — EPIC Data Handling Unit
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• EDU — Event Detection Unit
• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• ODF — Observation Data File
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• AN — Alkaline Nuclease
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• CA — Children Age
• APP — Abeta precursor protein
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis

• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• CE — cellular extract
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner
• TCP/IP — Networking Protocol used on Internet
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
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• AS — autologous serum
• CA — chromosome aberration
• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements
• ASTEX — Atlantic STratus EXperiment
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
• AU — Atomic Units
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• POCE — Pantone Open Color Environment
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• FIMR — Finnish Institute of Marine Research
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• ASMCS — Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• LORAN — Long-Range Navigation
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• CET — Central England Temperature
• CAMEX — Convection and Moisture Experiment
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
• AH — Albumen Height
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• HK — HouseKeeping Data
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• CD — circular dichroic
• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis

• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• CC — Cellular Cycle
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• AVR — Acute Vascular Rejection
• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format
• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• GFURD — Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• CAS — Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• CC — Conventional Cytogenetic
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• RMF — Response Matrix File
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• CA — Cavernous Angiomas
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
• BCG — bacillus of Calmette and Guérin
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• OSU — Oregon State University
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• CORP — Corporation
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• GCF — Ground Calibration File
• IFS — SSC-SOC Interface Sub-system
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• CD — cytosine deaminase
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• SI — Systeme International
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)
• I&T — Integration and Testing

• APH — Attitude Pointing History
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• IBIS — Image on-Board INTEGRAL Spacecraft
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• STC — Steering Committee
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• CD — Crohn disease
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• DSWM — Division of Solid Waste Management
• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• ICB — Instrument Control Bus
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• BD — Birth Defects
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• CC — Cleavable Complex
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors

• CA — Chromosome Analysis
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• CC — complete chimerism
• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• HROI — High Resolution Optical Instrument
• BC — blast crisis
• BC — Binucleated Cells
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit
• DPI — Derived Product Imagery
• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• DODS — Distributed Ocean Data System
• AU — Activity Units
• VCP — Voluntary Cooperation Program (Equipment and Services) (UN)
• NDO — National Diving Officer
• UCOP — University of California, Office of the President
• DLS — Division of Laboratory Services
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services
• CHF — Calibration History File
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• CI — Cephalic Index
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• CH — Channel Header
• MODB — MOC Operational Database
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• JCEE — Joint Conference of EARMA and Euroscience
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• AS — Aldosterone Synthase
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• WCSP — World Congress of Science Producers
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft

• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• CM — Congenital Malformations
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• AK — activated killer
• AM — Affected Male
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• EPIC — European Photon Imaging Camera
• DB — Diversion Box
• TRC — The Research Corporation
• GSRR — Ground Segment Requirements Review
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• STG — Steering Group
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• UGAMP — Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature
• GEMS — Great Expectations in Math & Science Program
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• HC — Heater Controller
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• DP — Data Products
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• CH — congenital hydrocephalus
• TOBI — Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument
• PX — XMM Project
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• CATS — Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequence
• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)

• CC — Condensed chromatin
• SAS — Science Analysis Subsystem
• BC — Branhamella catarrhalis
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflective Distribution Function
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• NARSTO — North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
• BCRS — Breakpoint Cluster Regions
• CCST — California Council on Science & Technology
• NEJAC — National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• MPE — Max Planck Institut fur Extaterrestrische Physik, Garching
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• AC — Amylose Content
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• APID — APPLICATION IDENTIFIER
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• CAR — Cytokinetic Actomyosin Ring
• NIMBUS — NASA Meteorological Satellites (1 through 7)
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• CI — cardiac involvement
• CA — Cyclopiazonic Acid
• MOC — XMM Mission Operation Centre
• IOSDL — Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory
• GGI — GPS Geoscience Instrument
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit
• HDU — Header Data Unit
• IFCC — International Federation of Clinical Chemists
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• CI — chromosomal instability
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• AE — Effective Area
• PGO — Principal Guest Observer
• DPSS — Data Product Screening Sub-system
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• KAL — Keep Alive Loop
• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• SPACON — Spacecraft Controller
• BF — Bomb Factory
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nucleus
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• HED — High Energy Detector
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit

• SAG — Science Advisory Group
• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• ESD — Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
• TRACT — Transport of Pollutants over Complex Terrain (EUROTRAC)
• ASCA — Japanese X-Ray Astronomy satellite launched 1993
• SIP — Sickness Index Profile
• ADAM — Astronomical Data Acquisition and Management
• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• COHMEX — Cooperative Huntsville Meteorological Experiment
• UCR — University Of Costa Rica
• MTSU — Middle Tennessee State University's
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• ERM — EPIC Radiation Monitor
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• DENIS — Deep Near-Infra-red Survey
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• USCE — United States Corps of Engineers
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• UCCP — UC College Preparatory Initiative
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• CARE — Cholesterol and Recurrent Events
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• CADC — Canadian Astrophysical Data Centre
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• BD — Bone Density
• POC — Panel of Counselors
• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• ECB — Educational Communications Board
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• SHF — Short History File
• CAL — Calibration Access Layer
• BC — biotin carboxylase
• TIMEX — Time Multiplexer
• CSMP — Climate System Modeling Project
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• COC — Council of Chancellors
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• DXRB — Diffuse X-Ray Background
• HKD — Housekeeping Data
• ISIM — Instrument Simulator
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• BAHC — Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP programme)
• VILSPA — Villafranca Station at Villafranca del Castillo, Spain
• JPOP — Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
• AWD — Abdominal Wall Defects

• UARC — University Affiliated Research Center
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Procedures
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System
• NIES — National Institute For Environmental Studies (Japan)
• CSI — Coastal Studies Institute (LSU)
• ISS — Integrated Switching System
• IGETC — Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• PMA — Premarket Application
• CTS — Committee on Teaching of Science
• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• UM — Unified Model
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor
• PMC — Pressure-Modulator Cell
• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• SSC-DB — Survey Science Centre Database
• SQHUW — Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• AP — Antimicrobial Peptides
• OAB — Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• UCOPE — University Committee on Preparatory Education
• MM — Mirror Model