| Acronym | Meaning |
| JIC | Joint Implementation Committee |
| AMS | Applied Mathematical Science |
| AOSO | Advance Orbiting Solar Observatory |
| NOWES | Northern Wetlands Study |
| LCC | Life Cycle Cost |
| RAF | Research Aviation Facility |
| GONG | Global Oscillations Network Group |
| ESDIM | Earth System Data And Information Management |
| FSSP | Forward Scattering Spectometer Probe |
| DELNI | Digital Equipment Local Network Interconnect |