| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRC | International Research Council |
| LDS | Loral Defense Systems |
| BU | Bargaining Unit |
| RDSS | Research Data Support System |
| PGGA | Permanent GPS Geodetic Array |
| ABS | Automatic Backup Shutdown |
| NWSC | National Weather Satellite Center |
| GOMOOS | Gulf Of Main Ocean Observing System |
| MECCA | Mesoscale Experiment Center For Control And Analysis |
| VLSI | Very Large Scale Interface |