| Acronym | Meaning |
| FATS | South African Air Force Tactical Support Command |
| AFW | Auxiliary Feedwater |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| MASDIS | Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| GUISE | Group For Unidata Interface Software Exploration |
| AFP | Approved Financial/funding Plan |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| UKAERE | United Kingdom Atomic Energy Research Establishment |
| ISMRM | Integrated Soil Moisture Retrieval Models |
| DCE | Distributed Computing Environment |