| Acronym | Meaning |
| WICHE | Western Interstate Commission For Higher Education |
| VISTA | Visual Terrain Analyzer |
| ETM | Enhanced Thematic Mapper |
| IMAGES | Intermediate Model Of Global Evaluation Of Species |
| GDP | Ground Data Processor |
| DNP | Division Of Nuclear Physics |
| IPT | Integrated Product Teams |
| SIGMET | Significant Meteorological Information |
| TERAFLOPS | Trillions Of Arithmetic Operations Per Second |
| AO | Abnormal Occurrence |