| Acronym | Meaning |
| MIMD | Multiple Instruction Multiple Data |
| FIRE | Fast Imaging Ranicon Experiment |
| AAG | Association Of American Geographers |
| PEATMOS | Primitive Equation And Trojectory Model Output Statistics |
| METEOSAT | Meteorological Satellite |
| INTELSAT | International Telecommunications Satellite |
| ACD | Advanced Conceptual Design |
| SDS | Solar Disk Sextant |
| MARK-IVB | N/A |
| I2L | Integrated Injection Logic |