| Acronym | Meaning |
| NEXAIR | Next Generation Upper Air System |
| DHEW | Department Of Health |
| RJE | Remote Job Entry |
| MTI | Moving Target Indicator |
| FX | FSL's X-window Workstation |
| STIP | Study Of Traveling Interplanetary Phenomena |
| JICA | Japan International Development Agency |
| SEAWIFS | Sea Wide-Field Sensor |
| NACOA | National Advisory Committee On Oceans And Atmosphere |
| EDP | Embedded Data Processor |