| Acronym | Meaning |
| NTRANS | Metacode Translator |
| OPS | Onboard Payload Support |
| EMACS | An On-line Text Editor Distributed As Part Of The GNU Package Of UNIX Software |
| GOTS | GALE Oceanographic Temperature Studies |
| BOMAP | Barbados Oceanographic And Meteorological Analysis Program |
| PVC | Polyvinyl Chloride |
| GDR | Geophysical Data Record |
| AIS | Accumulator Injection System |
| JTA | Job Table Area |
| AAG | Association Of American Geographers |