| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAID | Redundant Arrays Of Inexpensive Disks |
| MB | Millibar |
| ABC | Advanced Ball Concept |
| SSC | Superconducting Super Collider |
| GNU | GNU's Not UNIX (a Recursive Acronym) |
| ACE | American Council On Education |
| MAF | Mesoscale Analysis Forecasting |
| MODAC | Meteorological Observation And Data Assimilation Center |
| AGT | Above-ground Test |
| ASAS | Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor |