| Acronym | Meaning |
| UIC | University Of Illinois At Chicago |
| SHOALS | Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne Lidar Survey |
| BMI | Body Mass Index - Broadcast Music Incorporated |
| PKA | Previously Known As - Professionally Known As |
| PZ | Panama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 Digram; Obsolete 1980) -Pickup Zone |
| DA&M | (U.S.) Director |
| TIBS | Tactical Information Broadcast System |
| D | Deuterium |
| GALCIT | Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory |
| JL | Japan Airlines (IATA Airline Designator) |