| Acronym | Meaning |
| EOSP | Earth Observing Scannign Polarimeter |
| SAM | Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement |
| ICE | Intercomparison Experiment |
| SSD | Solid-state Disk |
| APEX | APLE Prototype Experiment |
| BRL | Ballistics Research Laboratory |
| WI | Workstation Interface |
| MPA | Maintenance Purchase Award |
| AIX | Advanced Interactive Executive |
| ADF | Automatic Direction Finding |