- BP - Weather Forecasting Office
- BUFR - Binary universal form for the presentation meteorological data code
- CERAD - Central East European Radar System
- COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
- CPU - Central Processing Unit
- DCP -Data Collection Platform
- ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
- EUMETSAT - European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
- FAX E - Satellite data transmission system of the German Weather Service
- FIRE Wall - Computer network inpout - output supervision
- GDPS - Global Data Processing System
- GOS - Global Observing System
- GRIB - Gridded Binary (processed data in the form of grid point) values expressed in binary form
- GRID - Processed data in the form of grid point values
- GTS - Global Telecommunication System
- HRUS - High Rate User Station
- ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
- ICM UW - Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling Warsaw University
- LAN - Local Area Network
- LBM - Airport Meteorological Offices
- LRUS - Low Rate User Station
- METEOSAT - Meteorological Geostacionary Satellite
- METOP - Meteorological Operational Satellites EUMETSAT
- METPAK - Copyright-protected name of IMGW data transmission network (X.25)
- Model ALADIN - Aire Limitee Adaptation Dynamique Development International (Meteorological mezoscale numerical model developed under international cooperation of 14 European countries)
- Model DM - Meteorological numerical model operated by the German Meteorological Service
- Model UKMO - United Kingdom Meteorological Office (meteorological mezoscale model)
- MOTNE - Meteorological Operational Telecommunication Network
- MR£ 5 - Meteorological radar produced in the former USSR
- MSG - METEOSAT Second Generation
- NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
- NORDRAD - Scandinavian meteorological radar system
- ODGW - District Water Management Authority
- OKI - Flood Management Coordination Centre
- PGS - Primary Ground Station
- PHARE - The EU fund for assistance to the Eastern Europe countries
- PIHM - The State Hydrological and Meteorological Institute (1945 -1972)
- PILOT - Upper Wind Report from a land Station
- POGODA - Forecaster Supporting System
- POLRAD - IMGW Weather Radar System
- RETIM MATRA - French system for meteorological data reception through satellite link
- RZGW - Regional Water Development Authority
- SADIS - Satellite Distribution System
- SHO -Operational Hydrology System
- SMOK - Polish acronym of the Monitoring, Forecasting and Warning System
- Doppler Sodar - The instrument for measurement of the atmosphere parameters usingacoustic wave bundle
- SOK - Client Seville System
- SST - Sea surface temperature
- TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol (Internet Protocol) network data transmission protocols
- Telelimnigraf - The instrument for remote transmission of water level data
- Telepluwiograf - The instrument for remote transmission of precipitation data
- TEMP - Upper level temperature, humidity and wind report from a radiosonde station
- TPSA - Polish national telecommunication operator
- NETSYS - Central IMGW telecommunication processor
- VISTEL - IMGW Automated Operational Measurement System, installed in the Upper Vistula catchment
- WAN - Wide Area Network
- WEFAX - Weather facsimile
- WMO - World Meteorological Organization
- WWW -World Weather Watch
