| Acronym | Meaning |
| UN | United Nations |
| MCA | Micro Channel Architecture |
| STIP | Study Of Traveling Interplanetary Phenomena |
| NIES | National Institute Of Environmental Science |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| HSI | High-speed Interferometer |
| DCA | Washington National Airport |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disk-read Only Memory |
| ISR | Individual Schedule Request |
| FSL | Forecast Systems Laboratory |