| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAPS | Cassini Plasma Spectrometer |
| AOC | Area Of Concern |
| VTPR | Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer |
| SPC | Small Particle Count (or Counter) |
| IDA | Institute For Defense Analysis |
| BER | Bit Error Rate |
| IWGGCDM | International Working Group On Global Change And Data Management |
| PCM | Pulse Code Modulation |
| CDS | Computing |
| OFDA | Office Of Foreign Disaster Assistance |