| Acronym | Meaning |
| FNOC | Fleet Numerical Operations Center |
| BTAG | Biological Technical Assistance Group |
| ERS | Earth Resources Satellite |
| FASINEX | Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment |
| FPS | Fast Packet Switch |
| AWDAAS | Automatic Weather Data Acquisition And Archiving System |
| IUPS | International Union Of Physiological Sciences |
| ADSB | Advanced Display Systems Branch |
| NIMROD | Northern Illinois Meteorological Research On Downbursts |
| MS | MASnet Code For The Mass Storage System |