| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAE | Computer Aided Engineering |
| DBA | Data Base Administrator |
| AARADCOM | US Army Armanents R&D Command |
| APDF | Accelerator Performance Demonstration Facility |
| UNAVCO | University NAVSTAR [not An Acronym] Consortium |
| AWN | Aviation Weather Network |
| MLO | Mauna Loa Observatory |
| GVHRR | Geosynchonous Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| LRC | Langley Research Center |
| LBJSC | Lydon B. Johnson Space Center |