| Acronym | Meaning |
| HSM | Hierarchical Storage Management |
| SAM | Subsynoptic Advection Model |
| CCL | Commerce Control List |
| TOPS | Transcendental Operating System |
| EPROM | Electronically Programmable Read Only Memory |
| TLLMES | The Institute For Integrative And Multidisciplinary Earth Studies |
| GPP | Gross Primary Productivity |
| MPOA | Multi-Protocol Over ATM |
| NOAANET | NOAA Network |
| ALBM | Air-launched Ballistic Missile |