| Acronym | Meaning |
| DEST | Directed Energy Science & Technology |
| SEDI | Structure Of The Earth's Deep Interior |
| MAC | Apple Macintosh Computer |
| ALOHA | Airborne Lidar Observations And Hawaiian Airglow |
| SSD | Cray's Solid-state Storage Device On The CRAY X-MP/48 Computer |
| ETR | Element Test Review |
| NGM | Nested Grid Model |
| MRIS | Media Relations & Information Services |
| CALLS | California Academia Libraries List Of Serials |
| VSWR | Voltage Standing-wave Ratio |