| Acronym | Meaning |
| EQS | Equatorial Scatter |
| ABRES | Advanced Ballistic Re-entry System |
| APG | Aberdeen Proving Ground |
| TIBEX | Tidewater Bermuda Experiment |
| TCSM | Tropospheric Chemistry Systems Models |
| GDPS | Global Data Processing System |
| DODS | Distributed Ocean Data System |
| OBAC | Office Of Budget And Control |
| PDL | Program Design Language |
| STK | StorageTek |