| Acronym | Meaning |
| SUDOOS | Sun/UNIX DICOMED Online Operating System |
| LME | Layer Management Entity |
| WORD | Web Outreach Redesign And Development |
| SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol |
| EM | Electromagnetic |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| SEDI | Structure Of The Earth's Deep Interior |
| AWU | Associated Western Universities |
| PE | Primitive Equation |
| PPB | Parts Per Billion |