| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESI | Earth Systems Institute |
| BOSS | Badge Office Security Sytem |
| DTC | Office Of Defense Trade Controls |
| CCM1 | Community Climate Model 1 |
| ADP | Anderson |
| NAOS | North American Observing System |
| GMSA | Global Multivariate Statistical Analysis |
| SCAMS | Scanning Microwave Spectrometer |
| OCTS | Ocean Color And Temperature Scanner |
| DBX | Debugger For UNIX |