| Acronym | Meaning |
| NODS | NASA Ocean Data System |
| IDI | Instrumentation Development And Intercomparisons |
| EEPROM | Electronically Eraseable And Programmable Read Only Memory |
| HRDI | High Resolution Doppler Imager |
| IAV | International Association Of Volcanology |
| FDDI | Fiber-distributed Data Interface |
| UUI | Uniform User Interface |
| FATS | FORTRAN Automatic Timing System |
| VIS-UV | Visible/ultraviolet Spectrometer |
| CAE | Cooler |