| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAM | Responsibility Assignment Matrix |
| HDLC | High Level Data Link Control |
| MARK-IVB | N/A |
| SEAD | Secretary Of Energy Advisory Board |
| UMIST | University Of Manchester Institute Of Science And Technology |
| DSI (+/OR MOD) | Ministry Of Defense |
| ABLE | Activity Balance Line Evaluation |
| EI | Electron Ionization |
| DFDR | Digital Flight Data Recorder |
| ALE | Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian |