| Acronym | Meaning |
| O/I | Optimal Interpolation |
| NWSTG | National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway |
| SIGMET | Significant Meteorological Information |
| CCB | Change Control Board |
| MIPS | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| TDMC | TAMEX Data Management Center |
| GATE | Global Atmospheric Research Programme Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| FX | FSL's X-window Workstation |
| AIP | Agreement In Principle |
| NARE | North Atlantic Regional Experiment |