| Acronym | Meaning |
| WWG | Workstation Working Group Of COMET |
| UNIX | A Computer Operating System Developed By AT&T And Modified Extensively By The University Of California At Berkeley |
| SMSC | Shared-Memory Supercomputer Systems |
| LAGEOS-2 | Laser Geodynamics Satellite-2 |
| NSSP | National Severe Storms Project |
| WIMPS | Weakly Interacting Massive Particles |
| IDA | Institute For Defense Analysis |
| IFC | Intensive Field Campaign |
| AVS EXPRESS | Upgraded Version Of The Application Visualization System |
| UMP | Upper Mantle Project |