| Acronym | Meaning |
| FERMILAB | FERMI National Acceleration Laboratory |
| NNSC | NSF Net Service Center |
| SAM | Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement |
| EPIC | Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center |
| ALEC | American Legislative Exchange Council |
| AFGWC | Air Force Global Weather Central |
| GOSIP | Government Open Systems Interconnect Protocol |
| NRLSI | National Reference Library Of Science And Invention |
| ACL | Auxiliary Cooling Loop |
| AEN | Administrative Exception Note |