| Acronym | Meaning |
| FDB | Fahrenheit Dry Bulb |
| HDS | Hardware DescriPtion Sheet |
| IP | Instrumentation/pulse Code Modulation Master Unit Data Bus |
| FNL | Final |
| SMP | Software Management Plan |
| ILC | Initial Launch Capability |
| ECOS | Experiment Computer Operating System |
| CCL | Commonality Candidate List |
| ORT | Operational Readiness Test |
| MC | Memory Configuration |