| Acronym | Meaning |
| SMETE | National SMETE (Science |
| TOPEX/POSEIDON | Ocean Topography Experiment |
| ALPS | Accidental Launch Protection System |
| HPCC | High-performance Computing And Communications |
| AOD | Argon-oxygen Decarbonization |
| VM/CMS | Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System |
| AMIE | Assimilative Mapping Of The Ionospheric Electrodynamics |
| OSO | Office Of Systems Operations |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| NAC | NCAR Administrators Committee |