| Acronym | Meaning |
| TOPEX/POSEIDON | Ocean Topography Experiment |
| CCR | California Code Of Regulations |
| ADL | Alexandria Digital Library |
| RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
| ESL | Earth Sciences Laboratories |
| LC | Inductance-capacitance |
| AOL | Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR |
| IAP | International Affiliates Program |
| NNSC | NSF Net Service Center |
| HSRP | High Speed Research Program |