| Acronym | Meaning |
| EDS | Environmental Data Service |
| AALC | Amphibious Assault Landing Craft |
| WORM | Write Once |
| SYNOPS | Synoptic Ocean Prediction Study |
| PRF | Pulse Repetition Frequency |
| VORTEX | Verification Of Tornadoes Experiment |
| DWB | Developers Workbench |
| AGL | Above Ground Level |
| PPP | Parallelizing PreProcessor |
| POCIBO | Polar Circling Balloon Observatory |