| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIS | Accumulator Injection System |
| GLOBEC | Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics |
| IRD | Instrument Requirement Document |
| STA | System Technology Associates |
| DARE-1 | A Weather Service Work Station At PROFS |
| DB | Division Burden |
| DERF | Dynamic Extended Range Forecasting |
| VBNS | Very High Performance Backbone Network Service |
| HRM | High Rate Multiplexer |
| FOF | Field Observing Faciltilty |