| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASAP | Aerospace Safety Automation Program |
| AIAS | Automatic Incident Actuation System |
| NICI | Negative Ion Chemical Ionization |
| AF/INX | Air Force Assistant Chief Of Staff |
| SPAN | Space Physics Analysis Network |
| MIP | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| AEC | Atomic Energy Commision |
| TDL | Techniques Development Lab |
| RATS | Real-time Aircraft Tracking System |
| PSCNET | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Network |