| Acronym | Meaning |
| CALCRUST | Consortium For Study Of The California Crust |
| BOD | Beneficial Occupancy Date |
| TDL | Techniques Development Lab |
| FLOP | Floating Point Operations |
| CAS | Climate Analysis Section |
| EPROM | Electronically Programmable Read Only Memory |
| ASTSWMO | Association Of State & Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials |
| ATRAP | Alliance For Transportation Research |
| ESTEC | European Space Research And Space Technology Centre |
| SCSC | Summer Computer Simulation Conferences |