| Acronym | Meaning |
| POP | Parallel Ocean Program |
| NEIC | National Earthquake Information Center |
| C | A Programming Language Used Extensively In Systems Software |
| PSU | Pennsylvania State University |
| MRS | Mesoscale Research Section |
| ADEPT | Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype |
| CCCS | Change And Configuration Control System |
| EESI | Environment & Energy Study Institute |
| SCDUG | Scientific Computing Division Users Group Scelming |
| EOSDIS | Earth Observing System Data And Information System |