| Acronym | Meaning |
| EASDS | Earth Science And Applications Data System |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| APARE | Asian/Pacific Regional Experiment |
| NOAASIS | NOAA Satellite Information System |
| IPT | Integrated Product Teams |
| POCIBO | Polar Circling Balloon Observatory |
| AP | Access Permit |
| HS | High Speed |
| RECOURSE | Revision Control Unifying Related Environments |
| EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute |