| Acronym | Meaning |
| SOI | Solar Oscillations Imager |
| CAGE | Continental Africa GATE Experiment |
| UHV | Use An Ultrahigh Vacuum |
| SEAC | (National Bureau Of) Standards Eastern Automatic Computer |
| EPAC | External Program Advisory Committee |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible And Infared Imaging Spectrometer |
| NNF | Non-NSF Funded |
| AHP | Analytical Hierarchy Process |
| BU | Bargaining Unit |
| FLMPA | Federal Land Management Policy Act |