| Acronym | Meaning |
| UK AEA | United Kingdom Atmomic Energy Authority |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (or Collider) |
| CDCL | Contract Document Control List |
| PUP | Principle User Position Workstation |
| FDDI | Fiber-distributed Data Interface |
| DDE | Dynamic (or Direct) Data Exchange |
| BCS | Boeing Computer Services |
| GTN | Germantown |
| ESAD | Earth Science And Applications Division |
| ALOHA | Airborne Lidar Observations And Hawaiian Airglow |