| Acronym | Meaning |
| INTERFACE | A Common Boundary Between Software Systems Or Pieces Of Equipment |
| AICHE | American Institute Of Chemical Engineers |
| ETFSP | Enhanced Technology Flight Segment Prototype |
| HSM | Hierarchical Storage Management |
| JICC | Japanese ICC |
| DDE | Dynamic (or Direct) Data Exchange |
| POLEX | Polar Experiment |
| SGS | Subgrid Scale |
| AOS/VS | Advanced Operating System/virtual Storage |
| MGA | Meteorological And Geoastrophysical Abstracts |