| Acronym | Meaning |
| OO | Object Oriented |
| LDS | Lightning Detection System |
| MAR | Modernization And Associated Restructing |
| ICITA | International Cooperative Investigation Of The Tropical Atlantic |
| MODS | Mission Operations And Data Systems |
| NAPP | National Aerial Photography Program |
| NM | Network Management |
| LASP | Laboratory For Atmospheric And Space Physics |
| FEST | Fronts Experiment Systems Test |
| AMAX | American Metals Climax |