| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCM1 | Community Climate Model 1 |
| MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Reader |
| ULTRIX | UNIX-based Operating System For Digital Equipment Corporation Computers |
| ASP | Alarms And Shutdown Process |
| SCST | State Committee On Science & Technology |
| ANATEX | Across North America Tracer Experiment |
| STK | StorageTek |
| ATM | Apollo Telescope Mount |
| PSN | Piano Spaziale Nazionale |
| METROMEX | Metropolitan Meteorological Experiment |