| Acronym | Meaning |
| VMS | Virtual Memory Systems |
| ISU | Intermediate Storage Unit |
| AWG | American Wire Gage |
| EFEDA | European Field Experiment In Desertification-Threatened Area |
| HBCUS | Historically Black Colleges And Universities |
| IGB | International Geophysical Bulletin |
| MALTS | Marine Layer Thickness Study |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (or Collider) |
| WPL | Wave Propagation Laboratory |
| ATSD | Assistant To The Secretary Of Defense |