| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIS | Administrative Information Systems |
| INPA | Instituto Nacional De Pesquisas Da Amazonia |
| CAT | Coordinated Analysis Of The Thermosphere |
| EUMAC | Part Of EUROTRAC |
| INTELSAT | International Telecommunications Satellite |
| CCF | Central Computing Facility |
| FPS | Foot-pound Second System Of Measurements |
| SEDI | Structure Of The Earth's Deep Interior |
| BARRNET | Bay Area Regional Research Network |
| D-B | Davis-Bacon Act |