| Acronym | Meaning |
| FFT | Fast Fourier Transform |
| UOM | Upper-ocean Model |
| DRB | Design Review Board |
| IUGS | International Union Of Geological Sciences |
| SMSC | Shared-Memory Supercomputer Systems |
| ROSE-AIR | Rural Ozone In Southern Environment-Aircraft |
| NAVAID | Navigation Aid |
| DCE | Distributed Computing Environment |
| VORTAC | Very High Frequency (omnirange) TACAN (tactical Air Navigation System) |
| DEM | Digitized Elevation Models |