| Acronym | Meaning |
| MIMSA | Minority Institutions In Marine Sciences Association |
| FLOP | Floating Point Operations |
| BTAG | Biological Technical Assistance Group |
| AFD | Axial Flux Difference |
| MAPS/RUC | MAPS Is The Research Version Of The Rapid Update Cycle |
| BIBEX | Biomass Burning Experiment |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| GEM | Geospace Environment Modeling Program |
| IWGGCDM | International Working Group On Global Change And Data Management |
| TAO | Thermal Array In The Ocean |