| Acronym | Meaning |
| IST | Instrument Support Terminal |
| NOC | Naval Oceanographic Command |
| DBSS | Directed Balloon Sounding System |
| IFOV | Instantaneous Field Of View |
| NIGEC | National Institute For Global Environmental Change |
| TPF&C | Towers |
| RAAF | Royal Australian Air Force |
| UARC | Upper Atmosphere Research Corporation |
| BGP4 | Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 |
| CASE | Computer Aided Software Engineering |