| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSB | Soaring Society Of Boulder |
| TRW | Thundershowers |
| MIDNET | N/A |
| UHF | Ultra-high Frequency |
| EGTF | Electron Gun Test Facility |
| MW | Megawords |
| HARVARD | Harvard/Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics |
| UNIX | A Computer Operating System Developed By AT&T And Modified Extensively By The University Of California At Berkeley |
| EDRS | European Data Relay Satellite |
| GOS | Global Observing System |