| Acronym | Meaning |
| AAS | Acid Addition System |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standard |
| IGPP | Institute Of Geophysics And Planetary Physics |
| MSISR | Millstone Hill Incoherent Scatter Radar |
| PDT | Product Development Team |
| BOD | Board Of Directors |
| NASCO | NAS Committee On Oceanography |
| DRP | Design Review Presentation |
| ARGOS | French Satellite-borne Data Relay And Platform Location System |
| OC | Operational Capability |