| Acronym | Meaning |
| EDUCOM | A Consortium Of Industrial Organizations And University Computing Administrators |
| ABB | Asea Brown Boveri |
| EPOCH | European Program On Climatology And Natural Hazards |
| INTERNET | The Collection Of All Interconnected Computer Networks Around The Globe That Use The TCP/IP Protocol |
| PF | Performance Factor |
| NMHC | Non-Methane Hydrocarbons |
| KE | Kinetic Energy |
| PHIGS | Portable Hierarchical Image And Graphic Standard |
| HRS | Hardwae Requirements Specification |
| AOML | Atlantic Ocean Meteorological Laboratory |