| Acronym | Meaning |
| MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Reader |
| R | Rayleigh |
| CDF | Common Data Format |
| EM | Electronic Mail |
| SPO | Sacramento Peak Observatory |
| CDS | Computing |
| CCSF | Colorado Computational Science Fair |
| AMP | Advanced Machining Program |
| APS | American Physical Society |
| GONG | Global Oscillations Network Group |