| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASAP | Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel |
| CDDF | Central Data Distribution Facility |
| SCST | State Committee On Science & Technology |
| MS | The Company Microsoft |
| ICS | Intercom System |
| AFP | Approved Financial/funding Plan |
| CAENEX | Complex Atmospheric Energetics Experiment |
| IDNHR | International Decade Of Natural Hazard Reduction |
| ESS | Engineering Equipment Surveillance System |
| MIPS | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |