| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMDS | Emergency Management Decision Support System |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| PIDC | Precision Instrument Development Center |
| ACIS | Automated Chemical Inventory System |
| EORC | Earth Observation Research Center |
| AVE | Atmospheric Variability Experiment |
| TIDI | TIMED Doppler Interferometer |
| IRAS | Infrared Astronomical Satellite |
| EPOCS | Eastern Pacific Ocean Climate Study |
| IDS | International Data Service |