| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSIRIS | Optical Spectrograph And IR Imaging System |
| AFIS | Advanced Fiber Information System |
| QIP | Quality Improvement Program |
| ONDOR | Optical Nuclear Double Resonance |
| CARS | Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy |
| SAM | Stratospheric Aerosol Monitor |
| GHRS | Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph |
| IDDB | Investigational Drugs Database |
| EGRET | Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope |
| C.I. | Color Index |