| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCIDAS | Man-computer Interactive Data Access System |
| NEXRAD | Next Generation Weather Radar |
| AWU | Associated Western Universities |
| VIL | Vertical Integrated Liquid |
| SSTS | Sea Surface Temperatures |
| SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| IUCR | International Union Of Crystallography |
| VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
| PMS | Performance Measurement System |
| MW | Megawords |