| Acronym | Meaning |
| NICI | Negative Ion Chemical Ionization |
| EMU | Electromotive Unit |
| IPS | Inches Per Second |
| FNAL | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| ECAO | Environmental Criteria And Assessment Office |
| OSTPC | Open Systems Transition Planning Committee |
| DCS | Direct Connect Service |
| URL | Universal Resource Locter |
| CAL | Computer-aided Learning |
| UCARF | UCAR Foundation |