| Acronym | Meaning |
| APLE | Average Power Laser Experiment |
| BCWS | Budgeted Cost For Work Scheduled |
| GHZ | Giga Hertz |
| IFR | Instrument Flight Rules |
| MAC | Multiple Access Computer |
| IOS | Interplanetary Scintillation |
| RFF | Resources For The Future |
| IMSP | International Meteorological Service Program |
| TEA | Transversely Excited Atmospheric (pressure) |
| ACT | Atmospheric Chemical Transformations |