| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATSR | Argonne Thermal Source Reactor |
| CCCS | Change And Configuration Control System |
| CBRS | Coastal Barrier Resources System |
| IAMAS | International Association Of Meteorology And Atmospheric Sciences |
| NESDD | NOAA Earth Science Data Directory |
| NCSNET | NASCOM Custom Subnetwork |
| OTS | Office Of Technical Services |
| GOMOOS | Gulf Of Main Ocean Observing System |
| MHS | Message Handling System |
| KB/S | Kbits/s |