| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSISR | Millstone Hill Incoherent Scatter Radar |
| HDLC | High Level Data Link Control |
| DCC | Direct Connect Service |
| BOMEX | Barbados Oceanographic And Meteorological Experiment |
| BASIS | Battelle Automated Search Information System |
| IEE | Institute Of Electrical Engineers |
| DOMONIC | Johnsten Island Experiment |
| EMACS | An On-line Text Editor Distributed As Part Of The GNU Package Of UNIX Software |
| MSCP | Mass Store Control Processor |
| NGDC | National Geophysical Data Center |