| Acronym | Meaning |
| GAC | Global Area Coverage |
| DSL | Distributed Software Libraries |
| CCPR | Clouds And Climate Program |
| NSBF | National Scientific Balloon Facility |
| EGD | Effluent Guidelines Division |
| PCNFS | Personal Computer Network File System |
| YAG | Yttrium |
| ERB | Earth Radiation Budget |
| BSD UNIX | Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX |
| CAC | Central Analysis Center (NMC) |