| Acronym | Meaning |
| JOC | Joint Organizing Committee |
| AFC | Automatic Flow Control |
| ACB | Air-operated Circuit Breaker |
| ALCLAD | Clad Aluminum Alloy |
| NWS | Naval Weather Service |
| TOGA | Tropical Ocean And Global Atmosphere Program(me) |
| IUPAC | International Union Of Pure And Applied Chemistry |
| OMR | Optical Mark Reader |
| MIESR | Matrix Isolation/Electron Spin Resonance |
| IGOSS | Integrated Global Ocean Station System |