| Acronym | Meaning |
| WFF | Wallops Flight Facility |
| CB | Cumulonimbus |
| AER | Advanced Electric Reactor |
| VOR | VHF Omnidirectional Range |
| IRAS | Infrared Astronomical Satellite |
| LAMP | Laboratoire Associe De Meteorologie Physique |
| MEP | Minority Engineering Program |
| LLC | Logical Link Control |
| O AND E | Operations And Equipment |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite Data And Information Service |