| Acronym | Meaning |
| GAGE | Gulf-Stream Atmospheric Gradient Exchange |
| ACL | Advanced Computing Laboratory |
| ETA | A Hydrostatic Model That Employs The Eta Vertical Coordinate |
| AWG | American Wire Gage |
| AC | Ancho Canyon |
| CAI | Computer-aided Instruction |
| MD | Modernization Division |
| MOCD | Magneto-optics Compact Disk |
| FAPS | Freedom Attached Payloads |
| 4DDD | Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation |