| Acronym | Meaning |
| FCCSET | Federal Coordinating Council On Science |
| GENPRO | General Processor |
| AC | Actual Commitment |
| NCIS | Nadir Climate Interferometer Spectrometer |
| HWCI | Hardware Configuration Item |
| DWB | Library |
| SCR | Silicon Controlled Rectifier |
| BFS | Business And Financial Services |
| NOC | Naval Oceanographic Command |
| BEST | Black Educational Science Trust |