| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASTERIX | French Acronym For ELDORA |
| ETE | Estimated Time En Route |
| GSD | Geometric Standard Deviation |
| SIO | Scripps Institution Of Oceanography |
| RATS | Real-time Aircraft Tracking System |
| CDP | Community Data Portal |
| STS | Space Transportation System |
| FLOP | Floating Point Operations |
| DDE | Dynamic (or Direct) Data Exchange |
| AOS/VS | Advanced Operating System/virtual Storage |