| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAMEX | Coastal AMOS (Experiment) |
| IMS | International Magnetospheric Study |
| ISCCP | International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program |
| RFF | Research Flight Facility |
| USSDM | Unidata System For Scientific Data Management |
| STK | StorageTek |
| WFO-ADVNCED | The Key Element Of The WFO-Advanced Program Is The Forecaster Workstation Used To Demonstrate Many AWIPS Functions In Support Of The Modernized NWS Weather Forecast Office Operations |
| EMACS | An On-line Text Editor Distributed As Part Of The GNU Package Of UNIX Software |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| GPRA | Government Performance And Results Act |