| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALP | Assemble Language Preprocessor |
| CAL | Continental Air Lines |
| EIA | Electronic Industries Association |
| KBYTE | Kilobyte (103) |
| NAR | Nonadvocacy Review |
| VSM | Vertical Slab Model |
| MOL | Manned Orbital Laboratory |
| ALSI | Aluminum Silicon Alloy |
| ASNT | American Society For Nondestructive Testing |
| ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |