| Acronym | Meaning |
| AESD | Advanced Energy System Division |
| AMP | Asynchronous Multiprocessing |
| SPOT | Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France) |
| EFEDA | European Field Experiment In Desertification-Threatened Area |
| LRU | Line Replaceable Unit |
| SCOSTEP | Scientific Committee On Solar-Terrestrial Physics |
| UAO | Upper Atmosphere Observatory |
| RPN | (Division De) Recherche En Precision Numerique |
| GLOMAC | Part Of EUROTRAC |
| URC | University Relations Committee |