| Acronym | Meaning |
| DTR | Development And Test Resource |
| AOPR | Associated Offices Of Primary Responsibility |
| R | Rayleigh |
| BRS | Bibliographic Retrieval Service |
| SUB-MM | Submillimeter Spectrometer |
| ECSA | Early Career Scientists Assembly |
| TDM | Time Division Multiplex |
| BOD | Board Of Directors |
| NASCOM II | Upgraded Version Of NASA Communications Network |
| ADARS | Aircraft Data Acquisition And Recoding System |