| Acronym | Meaning |
| ANS | American National Standard |
| IWGMFS | International Working Group On Magnetic Field Satellites |
| GEMS | Global Environment Monitoring System |
| SDHS | Satellite Data Handling System |
| OEA | Office Of External Affairs |
| APL | Applied Physics Laboratory |
| NWSTG | National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway |
| NWSOP | National Winter Storms Operations Plan |
| JONSWAP | Joint North Sea Wave Project |
| SSD | Solid-state Disk |