| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAOS | Center For Atmosphere/Ocean Studies |
| UNIDATA | UNIDATA Program Center |
| AFASE | Association For Applied Solar Energy |
| EPL | Electron Prototype Lab |
| BWIP | Basalt Waste Isolation Project |
| ACE | Accelerated Computing Environment |
| ALU | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| SOI/MDI | Solar Oscillations Imager/Michelson Doppler Imager |
| PIREP | Pilot Weather Report |
| IWGDMGC | Interagency Working Group On Data Management For Global Change |