| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASCII | American Standard Code For Information Interchange |
| SCAR | Scientific Committee For Antarctic Research |
| A/D | Analog-to-digital |
| SISEX | Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment |
| NGT | NASA Ground Terminal |
| OPC | Optical Propagation Conference |
| WEPOCS | Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies |
| MARK-IVB | N/A |
| GCCDF | Generic Control Center Development Facility |
| UKMO | United Kingdom Meteorological Office |