| Acronym | Meaning |
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
| FTAM | File Transfer Access Management |
| APG | Aberdeen Proving Ground |
| NSSDC | National Space Science Data Center |
| HEW | Health |
| RSA | Range Standardization And Augmentation Project |
| TMS | Thermatic Mapper Simulator |
| AG | Australia Group |
| DSSG | Defense Science Study Group |
| UCSB | University Of California At Santa Barbara |