| Acronym | Meaning |
| AGS | Alternating-gradient Synchrotron |
| AOML | Atlantic Ocean Meteorological Laboratory |
| TERAFLOPS | Trillions Of Arithmetic Operations Per Second |
| UN | United Nations |
| STORM | Stormscale Operational And Research Meteorology |
| GEOS | Geostationary Earth-Orbiting Satellite |
| GSOS | GPS Surface Observing System |
| FLOP | Floating Point Operations |
| IEEE | Institute Of Electrical And Electronic Engineers |
| HEOS | Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite |