| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCMC | Non-Classical Mesoscale Circulations |
| SIPI | Scientists' Institute For Public Information |
| INO | Institute For Naval Oceanography |
| EFEDA | European Field Experiment In Desertification-Threatened Area |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
| EPROM | Electronically Programmable Read Only Memory |
| DD | Dated |
| NFS | Network File System |
| FPD | Flight Projects Directorate |
| MB | Megabytes |