| Acronym | Meaning |
| GZ | Ground Zero |
| FLOPS | Floating Point Operations Per Second |
| NSFNET | National Science Foundation Network |
| ATLID | Atmospheric LIDAR |
| AREA | File Format Used For Graphic Images By The McIDAS Application |
| EMF | Electromotive Force |
| CAMAC | Computer-automated Measurement And Control |
| LAPB | Local Analysis And Prediction Branch |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| LCM | Large Core Memory |