| Acronym | Meaning |
| GNSS | Ground Network Scheduling System |
| AER | Average Evoked Response |
| RIB | Research Internet Backbone |
| FDA | Food And Drug Administration |
| EO | Ethylene Oxide |
| FEP | Front End Processor |
| FBA | Forecasting By Analogy |
| PPP | Parallelizing PreProcessor |
| IFEOS | International Forum On Earth Observations Using Space Station Elements |
| EVE | Equilibrium Vegetation Ecology |