| Acronym | Meaning |
| HAO | High Altitude Observatory |
| OBAC | Office Of Budget And Control |
| SMM | Solar Maximum Mission |
| OSTPC | Open Systems Transition Planning Committee |
| ONR/BO | Office Of Naval Research/Branch Office |
| M | Milli |
| ELVIS | Export Licensing Voice Information System |
| JASON | Group Of Physicists At Stanford That Study Various Projects And Are Funded By Government Defense Money |
| EM | Electron Microscope |
| USFS | United States Forest Service |