| Acronym | Meaning |
| FSEC | Florida Solar Energy Center |
| VF | Voice Frequency |
| PDL | Program Design Language |
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
| IUPAB | International Union Of Pure And Applied Biophysics |
| LDR | Linear Depolarization Ratio |
| ERSDAC | Earth Resources Satellite Data Analysis Center |
| IRCTR | International Research Centre For Telecommunication-transmission And RADAR |
| UARS | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite |
| GDS | GeoMet Data Services |