| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAMELA | Payload For Antimatter Matter Exploration And Light-nuclei Astrophysics |
| HP | IB -Hewlett-Packard Instrument/Interface Bus (first Implementation Of GP-IB |
| MITS | See Entry |
| SWE | Sweden (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
| ICO | Intermediate Circular Orbit |
| NGN | Nigerian Naira (ISO 4217 Currency Code) |
| A | Atto |
| RJD | Reduced Julian Day |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| UNTAET | United Nations Transitional Administration In East Timor |