| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMP | Asynchronous Multiprocessing |
| NASN | NASN Cascade Impacter In Aerosol Studies |
| SAM I | Sensing With Active Microwaves |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
| EPICS | Experimental Physics & Industrial Control System |
| IMU | Inertial Measurement Unit |
| RECOURSE | Revision Control Unifying Related Environments |
| DRL | Deliverables Requirement List |
| IIWG | International Investigator Working Group |
| CASE | Computer Aided Software Engineering |