| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCR | Silicon Controlled Rectifier |
| UNICOS | Unix Cray Operating System |
| IMP | Interplanetary Monitoring Platform |
| EBAM | Electron-beam-accessed-memory |
| NPI | NEXRAD Product Interface |
| FAGS | Federation Of Astronomical And Geophysical Services |
| ARG | Appointments Review Group |
| AMTEX | Air Mass Transformation Experiment |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |
| STEM | Scanning-transmission Electron Microscope |