| Acronym | Meaning |
| BAPMON | Baseline Air Pollution Monitoring Network |
| CAP | Cost Account Plan |
| SGI | Silicon Graphics Inc. |
| APLE | Average Power Laser Experiment |
| ICN | International Communications Network |
| SPIE | Society Of Photo-optical Engineers |
| DLR | Deutsche Zentrum Fur Luft-und Raumfarht |
| N-AWIPS | National Centers Advanced Weather Interactive Processing Systems |
| AMBIENS | Atmospheric Mass Balance Of Industrially Emitted & Natural Sulfur |
| VIP | Versatile Information Processing |