| Acronym | Meaning |
| IT | Information Transport |
| UIP | UCAR Intellectual Property |
| SUB-MM | Submillimeter Spectrometer |
| ARG | Accident Response Group |
| ISSE | Institute For The Study Of Society And The Environment |
| ATA | Air Transport Association |
| PROBE | Portable Remote Observations Of The Environment |
| IBM PS/2 | One Class Of IBM Personal Computers |
| LTER | Long Term Ecological Research |
| WESTNET | University Of Colorado Network |