| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPANDAR | Space Range Radar |
| RIDDS | Radar Interface And Data Distribution System |
| VTAM | Virtual Telecommunications Access Method |
| ADS | Airborne Data System |
| BPS | Bits Per Second |
| MIP | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| NEONS | Navy Environmental Operational Nowcast System |
| MPC | Mother-of-pearl Clouds |
| MWP | MicroWave Profiler |
| ETA | A Vendor Of Supercomputers And Associated Software |