| Acronym | Meaning |
| FTS | Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| NOSC | Naval Ocean Systems Center |
| ENACEOS | Energetic Neutral Atom Camera For EOS |
| HEAO | High Energy Astronomy Observatory |
| BAM | Berkeley Abstract Machine |
| (C3) | Command |
| SABL | Scanning Aerosol Backscatter Lidar |
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
| LC | Inductance-capacitance |
| DNP | Division Of Nuclear Physics |