| Acronym | Meaning |
| FPU | Floating-Point Unit |
| AIML | Astronomical Instrument Markup Language |
| MPI | Message Passing Interface |
| CIFF | Camera Image File Format |
| TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access |
| CDI | Common Data Interface |
| DEC | Digital Equipment Corporation |
| HMA | High Memory Area |
| ACM | Association For Computing Machinery |
| AML | Astronomy Markup Language |