| Acronym | Meaning |
| AUSPEX | Atmospheric Utility Signatures-Predictions And Experiments |
| GISMOS | Global Incoherent Scatter Measurements Of Substorms |
| FEST | Fronts Experiment Systems Test |
| MB | Megabytes |
| HMS | Hungarian Meteorological Service |
| MVS | Multiple Virtual Storage |
| MATCH | McGill University; Technical Improvements To The Large-scale Spectral Element Ocean Model (SEOM) |
| APT | Automatic Picture Transmission |
| FTS | Federal Telecommunications System |
| EIA | Energy Information Administration |