| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALE | Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian |
| DECMAIL | An Electronic Mail Facility Provided By DEC |
| BITNET | Because It's Time Network |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| ICMAP | CSMP |
| ASH CAN | Project Ash Can |
| PRIMO | Problems Related To Ionospheric Modeling And Observations Project |
| ISNAR | International Service For National Agricultural Research |
| FPI | Fabry-Perot Interferometer |
| LIS | Library And Information Systems |