| Acronym | Meaning |
| RIC | Resistance Inductance And Capacitance |
| TZ | Translation Hand Controller Z-Axis Direction |
| MCCC | Mission Control And Computing Center |
| GEDAC | General Electric Detection And Automatic Correction |
| MSG | Mechanical Subsystem Group |
| PRM | Payload Retention Mechanism |
| QRE | Quick-Reaction Estimate |
| SERB | Shuttle Engineering Review Board |
| ODRAN | Operational Drawing Revision Advance Notice |
| DDP | Digital Data Processing (Processor) |