| Acronym | Meaning |
| MFM | Standard Hard Drives |
| DCE | Distributed Computing Environment |
| EMR | Electomagnetic Radiation |
| FAPS | Freedom Attached Payloads |
| IRMS | Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer |
| OPTRAN | Optical Test Transmittance Model |
| GTOS | Global Terrestrial Observing System |
| SMMR | Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| APL | Average Power Laser |
| FAO | Food And Agriculture Organization |