| Acronym | Meaning |
| WSMR | White Sands Missile Range |
| PAIR | Particulate Airborne Inlet Research |
| AWRE | Atomic Weapon Research Establishment |
| ATAC | Advanced Technology Advisory Committee |
| FDDA | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| AEOS | Analytic Equation-of-state |
| DC | Direct Current |
| MICROVAX | N/A |
| EOP | Equal Employment Opportunity |
| IRS | Indian Remote-sensing Satellite |