| Acronym | Meaning |
| GAMP | Global Atmospheric Measurements Program |
| CDE | Common Desktop Environment |
| ONR/BO | Office Of Naval Research/Branch Office |
| DH&HS | Director Of Health & Human Services |
| GFLOPS | Gigaflops |
| ARISTOTELES | Applications And Research Involving Space Technologies Observing The Earth's Field From Low Earth Orbiting Satellite |
| GCDIS | Global Change Data And Information System |
| R | Rayleigh |
| DMS | Device Management System |
| DASC | Division Of Advanced Scientific Computing |