| Acronym | Meaning |
| STOL | Short Takeoff And Landing |
| CARL | Colorado Alliance Of Research Libraries |
| MTF | Mississippi Test Facility |
| NSO | National Solar Observatory |
| JICP/PO | Now JOSS |
| ICE | Intercomparison Experiment |
| ATMOS | Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed By Spectroscopy |
| MBY | Megabyte |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration |
| SIR | Shuttle Imaging Radar |