| Acronym | Meaning |
| NEHRP | National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program |
| ASIS | American Society For Industrial Security |
| IFD | Indirect Flare Detector |
| NICI | Negative Ion Chemical Ionization |
| ATSU | Accelerator Test Stand Upgrade |
| VLSI | Very Large Scale Interface |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |
| NRE | Notice Of Revised Estimate |
| REGCM | Regional Climate Model |
| ATS | Application Technology Satellite |