| Acronym | Meaning |
| BSD UNIX | Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX |
| AAP | Atmospheric Analysis And Prediction Division |
| AIRS | Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere |
| AXAF | Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility |
| FFS | Flight Facilities Survey |
| DEWS | Doppler Electronic Weather Sensor |
| AAM | Air-to-air Missile |
| FRS | First Repository States |
| ROBIN | Falling Balloon Experiment |
| SCDUG | Scientific Computing Division Users Group Scelming |