| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAD | Control Alternate Delete (PC Keyboard Reset Sequence) |
| TUC | Traingle Universities Consortium |
| PRAIRE | Polarization Radar Illinois Rainfall Experiments |
| ADI | Air Defense Initiative |
| MAC | Machine Aided Cognition |
| ODR | Onboard Data Router |
| KNMI | Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut |
| SIGGRAPH | Special Interest Group On Graphics Of The Association Of Computing Machinery |
| SOS | Swiss Oxidant Study |
| ISWS | Illinois State Water Survey |