| Acronym | Meaning |
| ERS-II | European Research Satellite |
| IGPP | Institute Of Geophysics And Planetary Physics |
| SAFARI-2000 | The Southern African Regional Science Initiative |
| MAPS | Millions Of Actions Per Second |
| RAID | Redundant Arrays Of Inexpensive Disks |
| DWB | Library |
| MBYTE | Megabyte |
| DOSECC | Deep Observation And Sampling Of The Earth's Continental Crust |
| AFV | Armored Fighting Vehicle |
| IAV | International Association Of Volcanology |