| Acronym | Meaning |
| FIRE | First ISLSCP Regional Experiment |
| APO | Administrative Policy Office |
| LOHSS | Local Hardware And Software Systems |
| HOL | Higher Order Language |
| AIS | Accumulator Injection System |
| IHOP 2002 | International H2O Project 2002 |
| LIE | Line Islands Experiment |
| AOPR | Associated Offices Of Primary Responsibility |
| ESSCO | Environmental Science & Services Corporation |
| JVNC | John Von Neumann National Supercomputing Center |