| Acronym | Meaning |
| NGDC | National Geophysical Data Center |
| LAPS | Local Area Prediction System |
| CCAB | CGD Computing Advisory Board |
| SEL | Space Environment Laboratory |
| PHIGS | Portable Hierarchical Image And Graphic Standard |
| FIRE | Fast Imaging Ranicon Experiment |
| VHS | Video-Home System |
| LDA | Local Data Acquisition |
| CCRI | Climate Change Research Initiative |
| DARRRE | DAR3E |