| Acronym | Meaning |
| BI | The Brookings Institution |
| PMB | Performance Measurement Baseline |
| TDLAS | Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy |
| ADMP | Acid Deposition Modeling Project |
| DASD | Direct Access Storage Device |
| ASLB | Atomic Safety Licensing Board |
| GCOS | Global Climate Observing System |
| AWN | Aviation Weather Network |
| NESS | National Earth Satellite Service |
| BPS | Baud-per-second |