| Acronym | Meaning |
| BPS | Baud-per-second |
| K | Potassium |
| HDS | High-resolution Data Service |
| OBAC | Office Of Budget And Control |
| ITS/OT | Institute For Telecommunications |
| LITE | Lidar In Space Technology Experiment |
| APR | Aberdeen Pulsed Reactor Facility |
| MNP | Microcom Network Protocol |
| TOVS | TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| EDUCOM | A Consortium Of Industrial Organizations And University Computing Administrators |