| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMSL | International Mathematical And Statistical Library |
| EUREKA | European Research Cooperation Agency |
| UMASS | University Of Massachusetts |
| S/N | Signal-to-noise Ratio |
| FEPCA | Federal Environmental Pollution Control Act |
| SUDOOS | Sun/UNIX DICOMED Online Operating System |
| PIPOR | Programme Of International Polar Oceans Research |
| P/L-EX | Payload Executive |
| IF | Intermediate Frequency |
| ATM | Adobe Type Manager |