| Acronym | Meaning |
| AP | Administrative Procedure |
| WFO-ADVNCED | The Key Element Of The WFO-Advanced Program Is The Forecaster Workstation Used To Demonstrate Many AWIPS Functions In Support Of The Modernized NWS Weather Forecast Office Operations |
| NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center |
| BFPQ | Block Floating Point Quantizer |
| ASW | Antisubmarine Warfare |
| ALPAL | Parallel Program Developed At LLNL |
| LASA | Lidar Atmospheric Sounder And Altimeter |
| OASC | Office Of Advanced Scientific Computing |
| IGAC | International Global Atmospheric Chemistry |
| SHEF | Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format |