| Acronym | Meaning |
| BFPQ | Block Floating Point Quantizer |
| HPCS | High-performance Computing Section |
| EPL | Electron Prototype Lab |
| NCSA | National Center For Supercomputing Applications |
| NPOP | NASA Polar Orbiting Platform |
| MDR | Manually Digitized Radar |
| ESHP | Effective Shaft Horse Power |
| BDSP | Basic Data Set Project |
| IGAC | International Global Atmospheric Chemistry |
| EETFC | Environmental Effects |