| Acronym | Meaning |
| GALA | Geoscience Airborne Laser Altimeter |
| SSD | Cray's Solid-state Storage Device On The CRAY X-MP/48 Computer |
| AFNB | US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board |
| DOPLIGHT | Doppler And Lightning Program |
| EBB | Equivalent Blockbody |
| RSCS | Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem |
| ISS | Institute For Space Studies |
| DPH | Dew-point Hygrometer |
| AQM | Atmospheric Quality And Modification |
| AMC | American Mining Congress |