| Acronym | Meaning |
| GHOST | Global Horizontal Sounding Technique |
| BIORESP | Bio Response |
| ATM | Adobe Type Manager |
| MPC | Mother-of-pearl Clouds |
| PFS | Physical Facilities Service(s) |
| NAIC | National Astronomy And Ionosphere Center |
| GPS | Geophysical Processor System |
| AIS | Accumulator Injection System |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Program/Internet Protocol |
| MADAM | Master Data Acquisition Module |