| Acronym | Meaning |
| CALLS | California Academia Libraries List Of Serials |
| SUB-MM | Submillimeter Spectrometer |
| PDW | Preliminary Design Walk-through |
| JILA | Joint Institute For Laboratory Astrophysics |
| NSDA | National Space Development Agency |
| LTV | Ling-Temco-Vaught Inc. |
| R/T | Reciever/Transmitter |
| SMS | Scalable Modeling System |
| GDS | GeoMet Data Services |
| NEMS | Nimbus E Microwave Spectrometer |