| Acronym | Meaning |
| BAE | British Aerospace |
| TAGS | Text And Animation Graphics Server |
| NCSA | National Center For Supercomputing Applications |
| NAO | North Atlantic Oscillation |
| FOCAL | Programme Francais Ocean Et Climat Dans D'Atlantique Equatorial |
| ISOC | Integrated Science Operations Center |
| GGI | GPS Geoscience Instrument |
| MSI | Maximum Strategy |
| ISS | Information Support Services |
| ALSI | Aluminum Silicon Alloy |