| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISSE | Institute For The Study Of Society And The Environment |
| DG | Diesel Generator |
| ALPS | Accidental Launch Protection System |
| FRC | Front Range Consortium |
| GUISE | Group For Unidata Interface Software Exploration |
| EOL | Earth Observing Laboratory (formerly ATD) |
| BITS | Biologically Important Trace Species |
| ERS-2 | European Remote Sensing |
| MFM | Standard Hard Drives |
| APPLY | Parallel Program Generation |