| Acronym | Meaning |
| ANL-W | Argonne National Laboratory-West |
| GSWM | Global Scale Wave Model |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| HEAO | High Energy Astronomy Observatory |
| WWV | Call Letters For The NBS Shortwave Radio Station That Broadcasts Time Signals Only |
| VIL | Vertical Integrated Liquid |
| FDDI | Fiber-distributed Data Interface |
| AA | Access Authorization |
| AER | Advanced Electric Reactor |
| EDUCOM | A Consortium Of Industrial Organizations And University Computing Administrators |