| Acronym | Meaning |
| DQA | Data Quality Assessment |
| OST | Office Of Science And Technology |
| CDC | Control Data Corporation |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (or Collider) |
| EISPACK | Eigensystem Package Subroutine Computing Facility |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| NICI | Negative Ion Chemical Ionization |
| IFD | Indirect Flare Detector |
| IDD | Internet Data Distribution |
| IRI | International Research Institute For Climate Prediction |