| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMS | Appraisal Management System |
| MGA | Meteorological And Geoastrophysical Abstracts |
| BASIC | Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| EAA | Export Administration Act |
| IR-RAD | Infrared Radiometer |
| TOPEX/POSEIDON | Ocean Topography Experiment |
| KRMS | Ka-band Radiometer Mapping System |
| TROPAL | Tropical Alert Group |
| ESO | European Southern Observatory |
| DM | Data Management |