The palynologist, Alwynne B. Beaudoin, created this website to provide visitors with explanations of acronyms commonly encountered in Quaternary studies. Through this extensive site, students and educators can find common acronyms for quaternary-related societies, research centers, and government agencies, such as the USGS and LBA, along with links to many of their sites. The online dictionary...

Provided by Mountain Data Systems, this site offers a searchable database containing over 60,000 acronyms/abbreviations and their meanings. The focus of the database is technology, telecommunications, and the military (perhaps because of the acronym-intensity of these fields), but many general topics are included, as well. Users can also search for acronyms related to a particular word or topic...

The University of California Berkley Library maintains the Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing. This online dictionary can assist those users working in GIS and related fields by providing an easy way to find definitions to the ubiquitous and often confusing acronyms and abbreviations used on various publications (e.g., maps...