| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCE | Distributed Computing Environment |
| HAILSWATH | South Dakota Hail Studies |
| ISBN | International Standard Book Number |
| ANM | Alternate Nuclear Materials |
| DAS | Data-Acquisition System |
| YAG | Yttrium |
| ICH | Inter-Union Commission On The Lithosphere |
| AXBT | Air-Deployed Expendable Bathythermographs |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
| AMWG | Atmosphere Model Working Group |