| Acronym | Meaning |
| ETB | Ethiopian Birr (ISO 4217 Currency Code) |
| FID | Foreign Internal Defence |
| POETS | Portable Occultation |
| NER | Niger (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
| MBIDST | Member Of The British Institute Of Dental And Surgical Technologists |
| BSW | British Standard Whitworth (screw Thread) |
| SDR | Strategic Defence Review |
| RSPB | (UK) Royal Society For The Protection Of Birds |
| BATF | U.S. Bureau Of Alcohol |
| BDOS | Basic Disk Operating System; Part Of CP/M |