| Acronym | Meaning |
| BIP | Balloon-borne (instrument) Platform |
| ETC | Engineering Training Course |
| EMEX | Equatorial Monsoon Experiment |
| ASRC | Atmospheric Sciences Research Center |
| RTN | Regional Telecommunications Network |
| APT | Accelerator Production Of Tritium |
| XANADU | Software Name |
| OWWS | Office Of World Weather Systems |
| APEX | APLE Prototype Experiment |
| NIU | Network Interface Unit |