| Acronym | Meaning |
| NODS | NASA Ocean Data System |
| EISA | Extended Industry Standard Architecture |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible And Infared Imaging Spectrometer |
| PICF | Principal Investigator Computing Facility |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
| BRMS | Basin Rainfall Monitoring System |
| SSB | Single Sideband |
| BSR | Budget Surplus Report |
| ABC | Aerobiochemical |
| UUI | Uniform User Interface |