| Acronym | Meaning |
| HRS | High-resolution Data Service |
| ARC | Antarctic Research Center |
| MIP | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| GIS | Geographic Information Systems |
| ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| STEP | Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange Project |
| OI | Optimal Interpolation |
| DELNI | Digital Equipment Local Network Interconnect |
| CDCL | Contract Document Control List |
| GRACE | Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment |