| Acronym | Meaning |
| DPMI | DOS Protected Mode Interface |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |
| IOS | Interplanetary Scintillation |
| SAFARI-2000 | The Southern African Regional Science Initiative |
| DAC | Director's Advisory Committee |
| FAL | Frontier Airline |
| AMRR | Army Material Research Reactor |
| DOELAP | DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program |
| MPC | Mother-of-pearl Clouds |
| SPRINT | Sorted Position Radar Interpolator |