| Acronym | Meaning |
| TIP | TIROS Information Processor |
| ERL | Electromagnetic Radiation Laboratory |
| GKS | Graphic Kernal System |
| ET | Evapotranspiration |
| DMDS | DiMethyDiSulfide |
| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| AKP | Atmospheric Kinetics Project |
| IGPP | Institute Of Geophysics And Planetary Physics |
| OCG | Ocean Catalog Group |
| FDDI | Fiber-distributed Data Interface |