| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFB | Atmospheric Fluidized Bed |
| EURAM | European Research In Advanced Materials |
| MRI | Meteorological Research |
| IST | Instrument Support Terminal |
| SIPI | Scientists' Institute For Public Information |
| NTCC | Nimbus Technical Control Center |
| PASSCAL | Program For Array Seismic Studies Of The Continental Lithosphere |
| UIC | Unit Identification Code |
| TB | Terabytes |
| AMP | Asynchronous Multiprocessing |