| Acronym | Meaning |
| IEA | Integrated Electronic Assembly |
| CVAD | Converter |
| IOC | Joint Operations Center |
| OFTR | Orbital Flight Test Requirement |
| SXT | Sextant |
| NZB | Non Zero Binary |
| CIF | Central Instrumentation Facility |
| SPIDPO | Shuttle Payload Integration And Development Program Office |
| MFT | Mean Flight Time |
| DBGMP | DBMDecibels Referred To I Milliwatt |