| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSC | Manned Spaceflight Center |
| PRUDENCE | Prediction Of Regional Scenerios And Uncertainties For Defining European Climate Change Risks And Effects |
| PBYTE | Petabyte (1015bytes) |
| FLOPS | Floating Point Operations Per Second |
| OBP | Onboard Processor |
| ACEP | DOC Advisory Committee |
| LATAS | Laser True Airspeed System |
| NBDRC | New Building Design Review Committee |
| ERC | Environmental Research Center |
| FUN | FL-4 Uniform Network Project |