| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCF | Data Capture Facility |
| IT | Information Transport |
| SURANET | Southeastern Universities Research Association Network |
| HPS | High Performance Systems |
| URL | Universal Resource Locter |
| AG | Alternating Gradient |
| UTC | Universal Time Coordinate Or Coordinated Universal Time |
| NOIC | National Oceanographic Instrumentation Center |
| IGC | International Geophysical Cooperation |
| ECG | Environmental Coordinating Group |