| Acronym | Meaning |
| MBONE | Multicast BackBONE |
| TAR | Third Assessment Report |
| HP | Hewlett-Packard |
| OSCAR | Oxidant-Scavenging Characteristics Of April Rains |
| WSMR | White Sands Missile Range |
| GCSS | GWEX Cloud Systems Studies |
| FAPS | Freedom Attached Payloads |
| TIPIC | Transformation D'Idees En Produits Industrialisables Et Commercialisables |
| IIASA | International Institute For Applied Systems Analysis |
| EMI | Electromagnetic Radiation Interference |