| Acronym | Meaning |
| UAC | United Aircraft Corporation |
| MTL | Message Transfer Layer |
| NOAASIS | NOAA Satellite Information System |
| CCM | Community Climate Model |
| NUWIG | National Uranium Resource Evaluation |
| ICWWP | Interagency Committee For World Weather Programs |
| DSAT | Distributed System Administration Team |
| NRDC | National Research Development Corporation |
| UMP | Upper Mantle Project |
| VAD | Velocity-azimuth Display |