| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABS | Automatic Backup Shutdown |
| EUCLID | European Cooperation For The Long Term In Defense |
| NS | Nanoseconds |
| PAIR | Particulate Airborne Inlet Research |
| FORGE | Funds For Overseas Research Grants For Education |
| ELVIS | Export Licensing Voice Information System |
| FASINEX | Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment |
| NASDA | National Space Development Agency |
| NOPS | Nimbus Observations Processing System |
| ICDM | International Commission On Dynamic Meteorology |