| Acronym | Meaning |
| BRITE | Basic Research In Industrial Technologies Europe |
| XUV | Extreme Ultraviolet |
| BAM | Berkeley Abstract Machine |
| TREM | Tropical Rainfall Explorer Mission |
| DEM | Digitized Elevation Models |
| IAAC | International Antarctic Analysis Center |
| SAS | Small Astronomy Satellite |
| PERFMON | Performance Monitor Utility |
| MTL | Message Transfer Layer |
| BAG | Boulder Aeronomy Group |