| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASP | Advanced Study Program |
| CDRL | Contract Data Requirements List |
| JVNC | John Von Neumann National Supercomputing Center |
| DCA | Data Collection Assignment |
| HCSN | High-Capacity Satellite Network |
| BBRR | Brookhaven Beam Research Reactor |
| GOSIP | Government Open Systems Interconnect Protocol |
| NESDIS | National Earth Satellite Data And Information System |
| MF | Medium Frequency |
| ETEC | Energy Technology Engineering Center |