| Acronym | Meaning |
| UICP | Uniform Inventory Control Program |
| DOD | Digital Optical Disk |
| NOAANET | NOAA Network |
| NOMP | Navy Ocean Modeling And Prediction Program |
| JFSP | Joint Forecast System Project |
| SMSC | Shared-Memory Supercomputer Systems |
| AA | Assistant Administrator |
| ND | Near-dedicated |
| NOMSS | National Operational Meteorological Satellite System |
| TIPMEX | Tibetan Plateau Meteorological Experiment |