| Acronym | Meaning |
| FIRE | First ISCCP Radiation Experiment |
| HSM | Hierarchical Storage Management |
| PCWG | Polar Climate Working Group |
| BRMS | Basin Rainfall Monitoring System |
| AOG | Augmented Offgas |
| TEXMEX | Tropical Experiment Over Mexico |
| AGI | American Geological Institute |
| IGPP | Institute Of Geophysics And Planetary Physics |
| BGP4 | Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 |
| ARPANET | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |