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AFB
|
Air Force Base
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AFOS
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Automation of Field Operations and Services [NWS]
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AL
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Aeronomy Laboratory [ERL]
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ANS
|
Advanced Network and Services, Inc.
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AOC
|
Aircraft Operations Center
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AOML
|
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory [ERL]
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ARA
|
Apple Remote Access
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ARPANET
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Advanced Research Project Agency Network
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ARL
|
Air Resources Laboratory [ERL]
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ARSC
|
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center at University of
Alaska, Fairbanks
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ATM
|
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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BAO
|
Boulder Atmospheric Observatory
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CAMS
|
Commerce Administrative Management System
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CAN
|
Campus Area Network
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CDC
|
Climate Diagnostics Center [ERL]
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CDDI
|
Copper Distributed Data Interface
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CDF
|
Common Data Format
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CMAC
|
Computer Management Advisory Committee [ERL]
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CMDL
|
Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory [ERL]
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CODIAC
|
Cooperative Distributed Interactive Atmospheric Catalog
System
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COPE
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Coastal Ocean Probing Experiment [ETL]
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CSU
|
Channel Service Unit
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CU
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University of Colorado
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DNS
|
Domain Name System
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DOC
|
Department of Commerce
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DOE
|
Department of Energy
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DSU
|
Digital/Data Service Unit
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EPA
|
Environmental Protection Agency
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ERL
|
Environmental Research Laboratories [OAR]
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ESDIM
|
Environmental Services Data and Information Management
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ETL
|
Environmental Technology Laboratory [ERL]
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FDDI
|
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
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FKNMS
|
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary [NOS]
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FNS
|
FDDI Network Services
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FSL
|
Forecast Systems Laboratory [ERL]
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FTP
|
File Transfer Protocol
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GEWEX
|
Global Energy and Water-cycle Experiment
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GFDL
|
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory [ERL]
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GLERL
|
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory [ERL]
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GLOBE
|
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the
Environment
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GUI
|
Graphical User Interfaces
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HPCC
|
High Performance Computing and Communication
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HPUX
|
Hewlitt-Packard Unix
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HQ
|
Headquarters
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HTTP
|
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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IAP
|
Internet Access Provider
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IITA
|
Information Infrastructure Technology and Application
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INEL
|
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
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IP
|
Internet Protocol
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IRM
|
Information Resource Management [NOAA]
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ISDN
|
Integrated Digital Services Network
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IT
|
Information Technology
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Kb, Kbps, KB
|
Kilobits, kilobits per second, kilobytes
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LAVC
|
Local Area VAX Cluster
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LAN
|
Local Area Network
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LO
|
Line Organization
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MAN
|
Metro Area Network
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Mb, Mbps
|
Megabits, Megabits Per Second
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MB
|
Megabytes
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MIDnet
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a regional computer network based at University of
Nebraska, Lincoln
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MIME
|
Multimedia Internet Mail Extension
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MISIS
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Micro Integrated Storm Information System [ARL]
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MPP
|
Massively Parallel Processor
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NAP
|
Network Access Point
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NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NBNOC
|
NOAA Boulder Network Operations Center
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NCDC
|
National Climate Data Center [NESDIS]
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NCSA
|
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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NetCDF
|
a network version of Common Data Format
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NESDIS
|
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information
Service [NOAA]
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NEXRAD
|
Next Generation Weather Radar
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NHC
|
National Hurricane Center [NWS]
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NIC
|
Network Information Center [NOAA]
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NII
|
National Information Infrastructure
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NMC
|
National Meteorological Center [NOAA]
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NMFS
|
National Marine Fisheries Service [NOAA]
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NOAA
|
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
[DOC]
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NOC
|
Network Operation Center
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NOCN
|
National Oceans Communications Network
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NOS
|
National Ocean Service [NOAA]
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NSFNET
|
National Science Foundation Network
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NSN
|
NASA Science Network
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NSSL
|
National Severe Storms Laboratory [ERL]
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NTP
|
Network Time Protocol
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NWN
|
NOAA West Network
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NWS
|
National Weather Service [NOAA]
|
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NWSFO
|
National Weather Service Forecast Office [NWS]
|
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OA
|
Office of Administration [NOAA]
|
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OAR
|
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research [NOAA]
|
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OASIS
|
Oceanic and Atmospheric Scientific Information System
|
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OD
|
Office of the Director
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ONCO
|
Office of NOAA Corps Operations [NOAA]
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OSF
|
Operational Support Facility [NWS]
|
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OSPF
|
Open Shortest Path First
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OU
|
University of Oklahoma
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PC
|
Personal Computer (based on an Intel-type CPU)
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PEM
|
Private Enhanced Mail
|
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PGP
|
Pretty Good Privacy
|
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PMEL
|
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory [ERL]
|
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PPP
|
Point-to-Point Protocol
|
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RAID
|
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
|
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RAOB
|
RAwindsonde OBservation
|
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RSMAS
|
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
|
|
RTP
|
Real-Time Protocol
|
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SEC
|
Space Environment Center [ERL]
|
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SESC
|
Space Environment Services Center [SEC]
|
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SFSC
|
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
|
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SLIP
|
Serial Line Internet Protocol
|
|
SMTP
|
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
|
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SPC
|
Storm Prediction Center [NSSL]
|
|
SRRB
|
Surface Radiation Research Branch [ARL]
|
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SSMC
|
Silver Spring Metropolitan Complex [NOAA]
|
|
SURAnet
|
Southeastern Universities Research Association Network
|
|
TCCR
|
Technical Committee on Computing Resources [ERL]
|
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TCP/IP
|
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
|
|
VINES
|
Virtual Network Software
|
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WAN
|
Wide Area Network
|
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WORM
|
Write Once-Read Many
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WWW
|
World Wide Web
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