| Acronym | Meaning |
| NAE | National Aeronautical Establishment |
| ENCAR | Enclosed Cryopump For Air Sample Recovery |
| ASPEA | Association Suisse Pour L'Energie Atomique |
| MPP | Massively Parallel Processor |
| AGO | Automatic Geophysical Observatory |
| IVVS | Interactive Verification And Visualization System (RTVS) |
| NEC | Nippon Machines |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| UCLA | University Of California At Los Angeles |
| AWG | American Wire Gage |