| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| LT | Local Time |
| TDL | Tunable Diode Laser |
| EXCEL | Experimental Chloride Extraction Line |
| AWC | Association Of Women In Computing |
| NEC | Nippon Machines |
| AXBT | Air-Deployed Expendable Bathythermographs |
| HPCS | High-performance Computing Section |
| CAENEX | Complex Atmospheric Energetics Experiment |
| EUREKA | European Research Cooperation Agency |