| Acronym | Meaning |
| FFS | Flight Facilities Survey |
| CDW | Critical Design Walk-through |
| SPPS | System Plot Package Simulator |
| FTS | Federal Telecommunications System |
| AFEL | Advanced Free-electron Laser |
| IBM PS/2 | One Class Of IBM Personal Computers |
| MCR | Multichannel Cloud Radiometer |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| PMEL | Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory |
| OFCM | Office Of The Federal Coordinator For Meteorology |