| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACDA | Arms Control And Disarmament Agency |
| DB | Division Burden |
| APG | Aberdeen Proving Ground |
| RINEX | Receiver Independent Exchange Format |
| LEDA | On-line Earthnet Data Access |
| ESS | Earth System Science |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change |
| IDL | Interactive Display Language |
| ACE | Antarctic Current Experiment |
| OBAC | Office Of Budget And Control |