| Acronym | Meaning |
| SDM | Suit Of Software For UNIX-based Computing Platforms |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| BSU | Beam Steering Unit |
| TCAS-II | Traffic Alert And Collision Avoidance System |
| VORTEX | Verification Of Tornadoes Experiment |
| TREC | Tracking Radar Echoes By Correlation |
| SCM | Solar Constant Monitor |
| PRC | Inc. |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| GFLOPS | Gigaflops |