| Acronym | Meaning |
| EDF/ DER | Electricit? De France/ Direccion Des Etudes Et Recherche |
| CAL | Cray Assembly Language |
| ESIS | Earth Science Information System |
| OMDR | Optical Memory Disk Recorder |
| MFE | Magnetic Field Experiment |
| JGOFS | Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
| ALSI | Aluminum Silicon Alloy |
| ISMG | International Scientific And Management Group |
| PEPPI | Photometric Eclipse Polar Plume Imager |
| GADMAP | GATE Aircraft Data Management Program |