| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFWL | Air Force Weapons Laboratory |
| EXAMETNET | Experimental Inter-American Meteorological Rocket Network |
| RAND OR RAND | Research And Development |
| ELF | Extremely Low Frequency |
| FATS | Factory Acceptance Test Specification |
| MSU | Mass Storage Unit |
| SPIE | Society Of Photo-optical Engineers |
| EOL | Earth Observing Laboratory (formerly ATD) |
| ISA | Instrument Society Of America |
| NPGATE | NCAR PROFS Gateway Computer |