| Acronym | Meaning |
| DMA | Directory Of Military Application |
| FDM | Full-depth Model |
| MD | Modernization Division |
| JOC | Joint Organizing Committee |
| GAU | General Accounting Unit |
| CALCOMP | California Computer Products |
| SOI | Solar Oscillations Imager |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing |
| IR-RAD | Infrared Radiometer |
| MECCA | Model Evaluation Consortium For Climate Assessment |