| Acronym | Meaning |
| BCS | Boeing Computer Services |
| HPPI | High Performance Parallel Interface |
| RFC | Request For Comment |
| BLSG | Boundary Layer Sensing Group |
| VISTA | Visual Terrain Analyzer |
| ALE | Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian |
| LRT | Low Rate Type |
| CDHF | Central Data Handling Facility |
| SOLRAD | NASA Satellite |
| 3CPO | Cloud Chemistry And Cloud Physics Organization |