| Acronym | Meaning |
| DFDR | Digital Flight Data Recorder |
| MAB | Man And The Biosphere Program |
| ECP | Engineering Change Proposal |
| MASER | Microwave Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
| ASP | Advanced Stokes Polarimeter |
| MILNET | Military Network |
| APU | Auxiliary Power Unit |
| SLED | Single Large Expensive Disk |
| OLE | Object Linking And Embedding |
| IIWG | International Investigator Working Group |