| Acronym | Meaning |
| FEWS | Follow-on Early Warning System |
| PEP | Photo-electron Plasma |
| UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| IDASS | Integrated Data Assimilation/Sounding System |
| TIME-GCM | Thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere-electrodynamic General Circulation Model |
| MIPS | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| CCSDS | Consultative Committee For Space Data Systems |
| ESDI | Enhanced Samll Device Interface |
| GRA | Graduate Research Assistant |
| BFPQ | Block Floating Point Quantizer |