| Acronym | Meaning |
| CASE | Computer Aided Software Engineering |
| DAR | Data Acquisition Request |
| VLSI | Very Large Scale Interface |
| UT | Universal Time |
| ISF | International Symposium On Forecasting |
| STEPS | Severe Thunderstorm Electrification And Precipitation Study |
| GENESIS | Global Environmental And Ecological Simulation Of Interactive Systems |
| MDC | Modified Direct Costs |
| FT | Forward-in-time |
| BGE | Block Gaussian Elimination |