| Acronym | Meaning |
| ORFEUS | Orbiting And Retrievable Far And Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer |
| CR | Correlation Radiometer |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organization |
| CDM | Cold Dark Matter |
| PSR | PulSaR |
| VICAR | Graphics Format Used By JPL |
| ISO | Infrared Space Observatory |
| INTELSAT | International Telecommunications Satellite |
| DCCS | Dynamic Cell Culture System |
| NOAO | National Optical Astronomy Observatories |