| Acronym | Meaning |
| AN/FPQ-6 | AN/GSN |
| CARP | Carpenter Research Project |
| NPG | Naval Proving Ground |
| CDMS | Cryospheric Data Management System |
| SPC | Sector Processing Center |
| DECNET | Digital Equipment Corporation Network |
| ESS | Engineering Equipment Surveillance System |
| AXBT | Expendable Bathythermographs Air Dropped Temperature Device |
| NASCO | NAS Committee On Oceanography |
| SICIMS | Selected Iron Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (or Spectrometer |