| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASW | Antisubmarine Warfare |
| VEMAP | Vegetation And Ecosystem Modeling And Analysis Project |
| ARSR | Air Route Surveillance Radar |
| NAWAU | National Aviation Weather Advisory Unit |
| MAYPOLE | May Polarization Experiment |
| ESM | Earth Systems Model |
| AE | Architect/engineer |
| MIB | Management Information Base |
| ECR | Engineering Change Request |
| GBYTE | Gigabyte (109) |