| Acronym | Meaning |
| PVC | Permanent Virtual Circuit |
| CAM | Cost Account Manager |
| DST | Data Systems Test |
| UMIST | University Of Manchester Institute Of Science And Technology |
| AMR | Advanced Microwave Radiometer |
| ACI | Automatic Closure And Interlock |
| AEP | Alkaline Earth Precipitate |
| CAT | Coordinated Analysis Of The Thermosphere |
| C++ | An Object-oriented Programming Language Based On C |
| DYNA | Structural Dynamics Analysis |