ACE

Advanced Composition Explorer

ADC

Astronomical Data Center

AE

Atmospheric Explorer

AEROS

AEROnomy Satellite

AIM

Automated Internal Management

AIP

Archive Information Package

ARCAD

Arc Aurorale et Densite

ASCII

American Standard Code for information Interchange

ATMOWeb

Web interface for ATMOspheric data

CCSDS

Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems

CD-ROM

Compact Dist-Read Only Memory

CD-WO

Compact Disk-Write Once

CDAW

Coordinated Data Analysis Workshop

CDF

Common Data Format

COBE

Cosmic Background Explorer

COHO

Coordinated Heliospheric Observations

CRRES

Chemical Release and Radiation Effects Satellite

DE

Dynamics Explorer

DEDSL

Data Entity Dictionary Specification Language

DIRBE

Diffuse InfraRed Background Experiment

DLT

Digital Linear Tape

DVD

Digital Versatile Disk (originally, V = video)

EOSDIS

Earth Observing System Data and Information System

EUVE

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

FAST

Fast Auroral SnapshoT

FITS

Flexible Image Transport System

FSO

FITS Support Office

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FUSE

Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

GB

Gigabyte

GOES

Geostationary Observational Environmental Satellite

GSFC

Goddard Space Fligbht Center

HEASARC

High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center

HST

Hubble Space Telescope

IDA

Interactive Data Archive

IMAGE

Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration

IMP

Interplanetary Monitoring Platform

IRAS

Infrared Astronomical Satellite

ISEE

International Sun-Earth Explorer

ISIS

International Satellite for Ionosphere Studies

ISO

International Standards Organization

ISTP

International Solar-Terrestrial Physics

IUE

International Ultraviolet Explorer

JEDS

Java Experiments, Data sets, Spacecraft

KP

Key Parameters

LANL

Los Alamos National Laboratory

MAGSAT

MAGnetic field SATellite

MAST

Multimission Archive at STScI

M-O

Magneto-optic

MSIS

Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NDADS

NSSDC Data Archive and Distribution System

NIMS

NSSDC Information Management System

NMC

NSSDC Master Catalog

NOST

NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology

NSDF

NSSDC Supplementary Data File

NSSDC

National Space Science Data Center

NVO

National Virtual Observatory

OAIS

Open Archival Information System

OMNI

Interplanetary Medium Data (not an acronym)

PDS

Planetary Data System

PIMS

Personnel Information Management System

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks (originally, “I” was “Inexpensive”)

SAMPEX

Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer

SECEF

Sun Earth Connection Education Forum

SNOE

Student Nitrogen Oxide Explorer

SOHO

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

SSC

Satellite Situation Center

STScI

Space Telescope Science Institute

SWAS

Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite

TB

Terabyte

TRF

Technical Reference File

WDC-SI

World Data Center for Satellite Information (formerly

   WDC-A-Rockets and Satellites, WDC-A-R&S)

WORM

Write-Once, Read-Many

WWW

World Wide Web

XDF

eXtensible Data Format

XML

eXtensible Markup Language