| Acronym | Meaning |
| KNET/SPARTACUS | N/A |
| MSISR | Millstone Hill Incoherent Scatter Radar |
| AFESC | Air Force Engineering & Sciences Center |
| TDL | Techniques Development Lab |
| UUCP | UNIX-to-UNIX Copy |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AMESS | Autonomous Machine Environmental Surveillance System |
| GPX | A Suffix Which Designates Graphics Capabilities On The DEC MicroVax System (typically Seen As DEC VAXstation/GPX.) |
| GCP | Global Chemistry Program |
| AMSU | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit |