| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOSO | Advance Orbiting Solar Observatory |
| SPL | SLATEC Plotting Library |
| ETS | Emergency Transponder System |
| USDA | United States Department Of Agriculture |
| ESR | Electron Spin Resonance |
| NOVAM | Navy Oceanographic Vertical Aerosol Model |
| GCCDF | Generic Control Center Development Facility |
| UOP | UCAR Office Of Programs |
| KELP | Coronal Emission Line Polarimeter |
| NRN | National Research Network |