| Acronym | Meaning |
| POES | Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
| TWC | The Weather Channel |
| IRS | Indian Remote-sensing Satellite |
| ARPANET | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| NOAH | Comprised Of The National Centers For Environmental Protection |
| NEXAIR | Next Generation Upper Air System |
| BFPQ | Block Floating Point Quantizer |
| PAWS | Psychological |
| DD+ | Domestic Data Plus |