| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCAR | Data Collection Analysis Request |
| APS | Atomic Power Station |
| INDOEX | Indian Ocean Experiment |
| BPS | Bits Per Second |
| FLOP | Floating Point Operations |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| DB | Direct Broadcast |
| K | A Symbol For Planetary Wave Number |
| PC | Geomagnetic Pulsations |
| FDDI | Fiber-distributed Data Interface |