| Acronym | Meaning |
| DDE | Dynamic (or Direct) Data Exchange |
| APD | Avalanche Photodiode |
| ADT | Aerated Drain Tank |
| USDI | United States Department Of Interior |
| AAOE | Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment |
| SSD | Solid-state Disk |
| ESID | EOSDIS Systems Interface Document |
| AXAF | Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility |
| EODC | Earth Observation Data Centre |
| ULAFOS | UCAR And Lower Atmospheric Facilities Oversight Section |