| Acronym | Meaning |
| ELP | Emerson Lake And Palmer |
| CWRU | Case Western Reserve University |
| LUVW | Light Utility Vehicle |
| NAVSPASUR | U.S. Naval Space Surveillance System |
| GULAG | Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh LAGerei I Kolonii (Russian ??????? ?????????? ????????????? ???????? ??????? ? ??????? |
| CONAD | U.S. Continental Air Defense Command |
| ZM | Zettametre |
| NVEOL | Night Vision And Electro-Optics Laboratory |
| BML | Battle Management Language |
| RSPB | (UK) Royal Society For The Protection Of Birds |