| Acronym | Meaning |
| HALOE | Halogen Occultation Experiment |
| TMS | Thermatic Mapper Simulator |
| EMA | Extended Memory Addressing |
| JTA | Job Table Area |
| APDCS | Axial Power Distribution Monitoring System |
| BLPS | Boundary Layer Profiler System |
| GRP | Geophysical Research Program |
| IMEP | International Meteorological Educational Program |
| GOESTAP | N/A |
| FDMA | Frequency Division Multiple Access |