| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| DNS | Domain Name Service |
| PCM | Parallel Climate Model |
| MMS | Minerals Management Service |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| FAT | Factory Acceptance Test |
| NCRP | National Council On Radiation Protection And Measurement |
| AAOE | Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment |
| CAGEX | CERES/ARM/GEWEX Experiment |