| Acronym | Meaning |
| EICC | Emergency Information Control Center |
| SADCC | South African Development Coordination Conference |
| POISE-98 | POlarimetric Instrument For Solar Eclipse-98 |
| GATE | Global Atmospheric Research Programme Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| IUTAM | International Union Of Theoretical And Applied Mechanics |
| PNA | Pacific/North American |
| EMI | Electromagnetic Radiation Interference |
| ABC | Accelerator-based Conversion |
| CCCMA | Canadian Centre For Climate Modeling And Analysis |
| AEDS | Atomic Energy Detection System |