| Acronym | Meaning |
| N-ROSS | Naval Remote Ocean Sensing System |
| HSMT | Helical Scan Magnetic Tape |
| VSP | Visiting Scientist Programs |
| JONSWAP | Joint North Sea Wave Project |
| ACNFS | Advisory Committee On Nuclear Facility Safety |
| SADCC | South African Development Coordination Conference |
| CAPP | Center For Applied Parallel Processing |
| HARVARD | Harvard/Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics |
| E | Epsilon |
| SERP | Strategic Environmental Research Program |