| Acronym | Meaning |
| DAR | Data Acquisition Request |
| IGY | International Geophysical Year |
| PDL | Program Design Language |
| ARTCC | Air Route Traffic Control Center |
| STARE | Southern Tropical Atlantic Regional Experiment |
| 4DDD | Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| FORTRAN | FORmula TRANslation |
| MM90 | N/A |
| DICOMED | Online Graphics Recorder Used At NCAR For Producing Microfilm And Microfiche Output |