| Acronym | Meaning |
| SDSMT | South Dakota School Of Mines & Technology |
| ARA | Appletalk Remote Access |
| NOAA | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
| ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer |
| ACS | Administrative Computing And Systems |
| NOPS | Nimbus Observations Processing System |
| AMRR | Army Material Research Reactor |
| LDS | Lightning Detection System |
| MCV | Mesoscale Cyclonic Vortex |
| PDT | Product Development Team |