| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACME | Airborne Carbone In The Mountains Experiment |
| NSFNET | National Science Foundation Network |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| CCRI | Climate Change Research Initiative |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
| DSI (+/OR MOD) | Ministry Of Defense |
| JAS | Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences |
| NAOS | North American Observing System |
| PDW | Preliminary Design Walk-through |
| ITO | Independent Test Organization |