| Acronym | Meaning |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |
| GATT | General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade |
| UNOLS | University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System |
| RSA | Range Standardization And Augmentation Project |
| IWRS | Improved Weather Reconnaissance System |
| MIP | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| BTU | British Thermal Unit |
| IMOS | Inadvertent Modification Of The Stratosphere |
| ARCSYM | Arctic Regional Climate Simulation |
| DART | Data Assimilation Research Testbed |