| Acronym | Meaning |
| BIP | Balloon-borne (instrument) Platform |
| EON | 10 To The 9th Years |
| AIM | Adaptive Injection Molding |
| CCF | Central Computing Facility |
| GAPS | Billions (109) Of Actions Per Second |
| MBYTE | Megabyte |
| MMI | Man-made Interface |
| IFC | InFlight Black Body Calibrator |
| DIRC | DOE Internal Review Committee |
| ISS | Institute For Space Studies |