| Acronym | Meaning |
| PUP | Principle User Position Workstation |
| KB/S | Kbits/s |
| RACOON | Radiation Controlled Balloon |
| N-ROSS | Naval Remote Ocean Sensing System |
| DDS | Domestic Data Service |
| MOPS | Millions Of Operations (106) Per Second |
| GEOS | Geostationary Earth-Orbiting Satellite |
| CBL | Convective Boundary Layer |
| ERS-1 | European Remote Sensing Satellite 1 |
| AWRDF | Advanced Weapons Radiochemical Diagnostics Facility |