| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARDEC | Army Armament Research And Development Engineering Center |
| AFD | Acid Fractionator Distillate |
| GEF | Global Environmental Facility |
| NCDS | NASA Climate Data System |
| AEOS | Analytic Equation-of-state |
| DCP | Data Collection Platform |
| FDC | Fluid Dynamics Conference |
| INQUA | International Quaternary Research Association Or International Association On Quaternary Research |
| BCD | Binary-coded Decimal |
| VIRGS | VISSR Image Registration And Gridding System |